Rupestris stem pitting associated virus nucleic acids, proteins, and their uses

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to purified monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus coat protein or coat protein polypeptide, and methods of detecting a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus.

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/081,320,filed May 19, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,093,544, which claims thebenefit of U.S. Provisional Patent applications Ser. Nos. 60/047,147,filed May 20, 1997, and 60/069,902, filed Dec. 17, 1997. This work wassupported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture ClonalRepository—Geneva, Grant Nos. 58-2349-9-01 and 58-2349-9 and U.S.Department of Agriculture Cooperative Agreement Grant Nos.58-1908-4-023, 58-3615-5-036, and 58-3615-7-060. The U.S. Government mayhave certain rights in the invention.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to Rupestris stem pitting associated virus(“RSPaV”) proteins, DNA molecules encoding these proteins, anddiagnostic and other uses thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The world's most widely grown fruit crop, the grape (Vitis sp.), iscultivated on all continents except Antarctica. However, major grapeproduction centers are in European countries (including Italy, Spain,and France), which constitute about 70% of the world grape production(Mullins et al., Biology of the Grapevine, Cambridge, U.K.:UniversityPress (1992)). The United States, with 300,000 hectares of grapevines,is the eighth largest grape grower in the world. Although grapes havemany uses, a major portion of grape production (˜80%) is used for wineproduction. Unlike cereal crops, most of the world's vineyards areplanted with traditional grapevine cultivars, which have beenperpetuated for centuries by vegetative propagation. Several importantgrapevine virus and virus-like diseases, such as grapevine leafroll,corky bark, and Rupestris stem pitting (“RSP”), are transmitted andspread through the use of infected vegetatively propagated materials.Thus, propagation of certified, virus-free materials is one of the mostimportant disease control measures. Traditional breeding for diseaseresistance is difficult due to the highly heterozygous nature andoutcrossing behavior of grapevines, and due to polygenic patterns ofinheritance. Moreover, introduction of a new cultivar may be prohibitedby custom or law. Recent biotechnology developments have made possiblethe introduction of special traits, such as disease resistance, into anestablished cultivar without altering is horticultural characteristics.

Many plant pathogens, such as fungi, bacteria, phytoplasmas, viruses,and nematodes can infect grapes, and the resultant diseases can causesubstantial losses in production (Pearson et al., Compendium of GrapeDiseases, American Phytopathological Society Press (1988)). Among these,viral diseases constitute a major hindrance to profitable growing ofgrapevines. About 34 viruses have been isolated and characterized fromgrapevines. The major virus diseases are grouped into: (1) the grapevinedegeneration caused by the fanleaf nepovirus, other Europeannepoviruses, and American nepoviruses, (2) the leafroll complex, and (3)the rugose wood complex (Martelli, ed., Graft Transmissible Diseases ofGrapevines, Handbook for Detection and Diagnosis, FAO, UN, Rome, Italy(1933)).

Rugose wood (RW) complex is a term to describe a group ofgraft-transmissible diseases which are important and widespread ongrapevines grown world-wide. Symptoms of RW are characterized bypitting, grooving, or distortion to the woody cylinder of the grapevinescion, rootstock, or both. Based on symptoms developed on differentindicator plants after graft inoculation, RW complex can be divided intofour components: Kober 5BB stem grooving (KSG), LN 33 stem grooving(LNSG), grapevine corky bark (GCB), and Rupestris stem pitting (RSP)(Martelli, “Rugose Wood Complex,” in Graft-Transmissible Diseases ofGrapevines, Handbook for Detection and Diagnosis, pp. 45-54, Martelli,ed., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome,Italy (1993)). Because RW can cause severe decline and death tograpevines (Savino et al., “Rugose Wood Complex of Grapevine: CanGrafting to Vitis Indicators Discriminate Between Diseases?”, inProceedings of the 9^(th) Meetings of the International Council for theStudy of Viruses and Virus Diseases of the Grapevine, Anavim, Israel(1989); Credi and Babini, “Effect of Virus and Virus-like Infections onthe Growth of Grapevine Rootstocks,” Adv. Hort. Sci., 10:95-98 (1996)),it has been included in healthy grapevine detection schemes used inmajor grapevine growing countries including Italy, France, and theUnited States.

RSP was discovered in California in the late 1970s (Prudencio, “M. Sc.Thesis: Comparative Effects of Corky Bark and Rupestris Stem PittingDiseases on Selected Germplasm Lines of Grapes,” University ofCalifornia, Davis, Calif. 36 pages (1985); Goheen, “Rupestris StemPitting,” in Compendium of Grape Diseases, p. 53, Pearson and Goheen,eds., American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minn., USA(1988) (“Goheen”)). The disease was defined by Goheen as follows: aftergraft inoculation with a chip bud from an infected grapevine, the woodycylinder of the indicator plant Vitis rupestris Scheele St. George (“St.George”) develops a narrow strip of small pits extending from theinoculum bud to the root zone. Grafted St. George plants were checkedfor wood symptoms 2 to 3 years after inoculation. In contrast to GCB,which elicits pitting and grooving on St. George and LN 33, RSP does notproduce symptoms on the latter (Goheen, “Rupestris Stem Pitting,” inCompendium of Grape Diseases, p. 53, Pearson and Goheen, eds., AmericanPhytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minn., USA (1988)).

RSP is probably the most common component of the RW complex ongrapevines. Surveys in California revealed a high disease incidence inmany grapevine cultivars imported from Western Europe and Australia(Goheen, “Rupestris Stem Pitting,” in Compendium of Grapes Diseases, p.53, Pearson and Goheen, eds., American Phytopathological Society Press,St. Paul, Minn., USA (1988)). An examination of indexing records inCalifornia compiled over 23 years revealed RSP infection in 30.5% of6482 grapevine selections introduced from around the world (Golino andButler, “A Preliminary Analysis of Grapevine Indexing Records at Davis,Calif.,” in Proceedings of the 10th Meeting of the ICVG, pp. 369-72,Rumbos et al., eds., Volos, Greece (1990)). Indexing in New York Stateshowed that 66% of 257 grapevines tested on St. George developed typicalsmall pits below the inoculum bud or around the woody cylinder (Azzamand Gonsalves, Abstract: “Survey of Grapevine Stem-Pitting in New Yorkand Isolation of dsRNA from a Grapevine Selection Infected with StemPitting,” Phytopathology 78:1568 (1988)). Furthermore, several reportshave indicated that RSP is the most frequently detected component of theRW complex in Italy (Borgo and Bonotto, “Rugose Wood Complex ofGrapevine in Northeastern Italy: Occurrence of Rupestris Stem Pittingand Kober Stem Grooving,” in Extended Abstracts of the 11th Meeting ofthe International Council for the Study of Viruses and Virus Diseases ofthe Grapevine (ICVG), pp. 61-62, Gugerli, etc., Montreux, Switzerland(1993); Credi, “Differential Indexing Trials on Grapevine Rugose WoodSyndrome,” Extended Abstracts of the 11th Meeting of the InternationalCouncil for the Study of Viruses and Virus Diseases of the Grapevine(ICVG), p. 63, Gugerh, P., ed., Montreux, Switzerland (1993)).

The effect of RSP on growth, yield, and grapevine quality is not wellunderstood and, thus, subject to debate. The reason for this ambiquityis the absence of a rapid and sensitive diagnostic tool. RSP is the mostdifficult grapevine disease to diagnose. Serological or molecularmethods are not available for diagnosing RSP. Biological indexing on St.George, as described above, has remained the only approach to diagnoseRSP. Biological indexing is labor intensive, time consuming (i.e., oftenrequiring up to about three years to obtain results), and, by its verynature, subjective. Moreover, symptoms on St. George can be variable andnot exactly as those defined by Goheen. In particular, Credi,“Characterization of Grapevine Rugose Wood Sources from Italy,” PlantDisease, 82:1288-92 (1997), recently showed that some RSP infectedgrapevines induced pitting that is restricted to below the inoculum bud,while others induced pitting around the woody cylinder of inoculated St.George. Thus, the present method of identifying the presence of RSP isnot entirely adequate.

The etiology of RSP is unknown. Efforts to isolate virus particles fromRSP-infected grapevines and to mechanically transfer the causalvirus(es) to herbaceous host plants failed (Azzam and Gonsalves,“Detection of in Grapevines Showing Symptoms of Rupestris Stem PittingDisease and the Variabilities Encountered,” Plant Disease, 75:96-964(1991)). However, a major dsRNA species of ca. 8.3 kb, accompanied by asmaller dsRNA of ca. 7.6 kb, was consistently isolated from one PinotGris and four Pinot Noir clones that had been indexed positive for RSP(Walter and Cameron, “Double-Stranded RNA Isolated from GrapevinesAffected by Rupestris Stem Pitting Disease,” Am. J. of Enology andViticulture, 42:175-79 (1991)). In addition, a third dsRNA of ca. 5.5 kbwas observed in three clones. Likewise, an apparently similar dsRNAspecies of ca. 8.0 and 6.7 kbp was isolated from dormant canes ofRSP-infected grapevines collected from California, Canada, and New York(Azzam and Gonsalves, “Detection of dsRNA in Grapevines Showing Symptomsof Rupestris Stem Pitting Disease and the Variabilities Encountered,”Plant Disease, 75:960-64 (1991)). Six of eight Californian and three offive Canadian samples contained these two dsRNA species. However,results of New York samples were not consistent. Among eight RSPinfected grapevine selections tested, only one showed these two dsRNAs.Using explants growing in tissue culture as source materials, dsRNA ofca. 359 bp was isolated from 21 of 31 grapevine cultivars, all of whichwere previously indexed on St. George and considered to be infected withRSP (Monette et al., “Double-Stranded RNA from Rupestris StemPitting-Affected Grapevines,” Vitis, 28:137-44 (1989)).

In view of the serious risk RSP poses to vineyards and the absence of aneffective treatment of it, the need to prevent this affliction continuesto exist. Moreover, the absence of a rapid and accurate diagnostic assayprevents proper identification of RSP. The present invention is directedto overcoming these deficiencies in the art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an isolated protein or polypeptidecorresponding to a protein or polypeptide of a RSP virus. The encodingRNA molecule or DNA molecule, in either isolated form or incorporated inan expression system, a host cell, or a transgenic Vitis scion orrootstock cultivar, are also disclosed.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of impartingRSP virus resistance to Vitis scion or rootstock cultivars bytransforming them with a DNA molecule encoding the protein orpolypeptide corresponding to a protein or polypeptide of a RSP virus.

The present invention also relates to an antibody or binding portionthereof or probe which recognizes proteins or polypeptides of thepresent invention.

Still another aspect of the present invention relates to diagnostictests which involves methods for detecting the presence of a RSP virusin a sample. The methods includes the use of an antibody or bindingportion of the present invention (i.e., in an immunoassay), or a nucleicacid probe obtained from a DNA molecule of the present invention (i.e.,in a nucleic acid hybridization assay or gene amplification detectionprocedure). The antibody or binding portion thereof, or nucleic acidprobe, is introduced into contact with the sample, whereby the presenceof Rupestris stem pitting virus in the sample is detected using an assaysystem.

The characterization of an RSP virus is particularly desirable becauseit ill allow for the determination of whether the virus is associated tothe specific (restricted) or nonspecific (nonrestricted) pittingsymptoms of RSP, or to both. Also, RSP virus resistant transgenicvariants of the current commercial grape cultivars and rootstocks allowsfor more complete control of the virus while retaining the varietalcharacteristics of specifics cultivars. Furthermore, these variantspermit control over RSP virus transmitted by infected scions orrootstocks. Moreover, the diagnostic tests offer significant improvementover conventional diagnostic means currently employed, namely, rapidresults and greater accuracy.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a photograph of St. George indicators which comparativelydisplay the symptoms of RSP. The St. George indicator (a) has beengraft-inoculated with infected bud wood from a grapevine accession,resulting in the indicator displaying pitting below the inoculum bud, asindicated by an arrow. This RSP symptom was defined by Goheen,“Rupestris Stem Pitting,” in Compendium of Grape Diseases, p. 53,Pearson and Goheen, eds. American Phytopathological Society Press, St.Paul, Minn. USA (1988), which is hereby incorporated by reference. TheSt. George indicator (b) was not graft-inoculated and represents anormal appearance.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are photographs which respectively display the resultsof dsRNA analysis and Northern hybridization for dsRNA. Together thephotographs may be used to correlate the dsRNA analysis of FIG. 2A withthe Northern hybridization (for dsRNA isolated from grapevines indexedpositive for Rupestris stem pitting (RSP)) of FIG. 2B. M. Hind IIIdigested lambda DNA maker: lane 1, Aminia; lane 2, Bertille Seyve 5563;lane 3, Canandaigua; lane 4, Colobel 257; and 5, Couderc 28-112; lane 6,Freedom; lane 7, Grande Glabre; lane 8, M 344-1; lane 9, Joffre; lane10, Ravat 34; lane 11, Seyval; lane 12, Seyve Vinard 14-287; lane 13,Verdelet; lane 14, Pinot Noir (positive control); lane 15, Verduzzo 233A(negative control for RSP as judged by indexing on St. George); lane 16,insert of clone RSP149. Arrows indicate the position of the 8.7 kbdsRNA. With respect to lane 15 of FIG. 2A, the two dsRNA bands arelarger or smaller than the 8.7 kb dsRNA associated with RSP and they didnot hybridize with the RSP specific probe in Northern analysis. Thus,they are not specific to RSP.

FIG. 3A is an illustration which depicts the strategy for obtaining thecomplete nucleotide sequence of RSPaV-1. The overlapping regions of thenucleotide sequences of the sequenced clones and RT-PCR-amplified cDNAfragments are as follows: 52-375 for RSPA/RSP28; 677-1474 forRSP28/RPS3; 3673-3766 for RSP3/RSPB; 4009-4320 for RSPB/RSP94; 5377-5750for RSP94/RSPC; 5794-6537 and RSPC/RSP95; 6579-6771 for RSPC/RSP140; and8193-8632 for RSP140/TA5. FIG. 3B is an illustration which comparativelydepicts the genome structures of RSPaV-1, ASPV, PVM, and PVX. Boxes withthe same patterns represent the comparable ORFS.

FIG. 4A is a comparative sequence listing of amino acid sequences ofregion I (aa 1-372) of RSPaV-1 ORF1 (SEQ. ID. NO:58) with thecorresponding sequences of carlavirus PVM (SEQ ID NO:56) and ASPV (SEQID NO:57). The methyltransferase motif is underlined. Capital lettersindicate consensus residues (SEQ ID NO:55). FIG. 4B is a comparativesequence listing of amino acid sequences of region II (aa 1354 to end)of RSPaV-1 ORF1 (SEQ ID NO:62) with the corresponding regions of ASPV(SEQ ID NO:61) and PVM carlavirus (SEQ ID NO:60). In FIG. 4B, the NTPbinding motif is underlined at (A) and at the GDD containing sequence isunderlined at (B). In FIGS. 4A and 4B, capital letters indicateconsensus residues (SEQ ID NO:59), the symbol * indicates identicalamino acid residues between RSPaB-1 and ASPV, and the symbol # indicatesidentical amino acid residues between RSPaV-1 and PMV. FIG. 4C is acomparative sequence listing of amino acid sequences of region II ofRSPaV-1 ORF1 (SEQ ID NO:66), with the corresponding regions of ASPV (SEQID NO:65) and and PVM carlavirus (SEQ ID NO:64). In FIG. 4C the top lineindicates consensus residues (SEQ ID NO:63).

FIGS. 5A-D are comparative sequence listings of amino acid sequences forORF2, ORF3, ORF4, and a C-terminal part of ORF5 (CP) of RSPaV-1,respectively, with ASPV and PVM carlavirus. FIG. 5A is a comparativesequence listing of amino acid sequences for ORF2 of RSPaV-1 (SEQ IDNO:70), with the corresponding regions of ASPV (SEQ ID NO:69) and PVMcarlavirus (SEQ ID NO:68). The top line shows the consensus sequence forORF2 (SEQ ID NO:67). The NTP binding motif located near the C terminusof ORF2 is underlined. FIG. 5B is a comparative sequence listing ofamino acid sequences for ORF3 of RPSaV-1 (SEQ ID NO:74) with thecorresponding regions of PVM (SEQ ID NO:72) and ASPV (SEQ ID NO.73). Thetop line shows the consensus sequence for ORF3 (SEQ ID NO:71). FIG. 5Cis a comparative sequence listing of amino acid sequences for ORF4 ofRSPaV-1 (SEQ ID NO:78) with the corresponding regions of PVM (SEQ IDNO:76) and ASPV (SEQ ID NO:77). The top line shows the consensussequence for ORF4 (SEQ ID NO:75). FIG. 5D is a comparative sequencelisting of amino acid sequences for a C-terminal part of ORF5 of RSPaV-1(SEQ ID NO:82) with the corresponding regions of PVM (SEQ ID NO:80) andASPV (SEQ ID NO:81). The top line shows the consensus sequence for ORF4(SEQ ID NO:79). The conserved motif (RR/QX—XFDF), located in the centralregion of the coat proteins and proposed to be involved in the formationof a salt bridge structure, is underlined. In each of the figures,capital letters indicate consensus residues. The symbol * indicatesidentical amino acid residues between RSPaV-1 and ASPV, and the symbol #indicates identical amino acid residues between RSPaV-1 and PMV. In FIG.5D, numbers which appear in parentheses and precede the sequencesindicate the start points of the c-terminal portions of CPs beingcompared.

FIG. 6A is a comparative sequence listing of DNA nucleotide sequencesfor the 3′ untranslated region (UTR) of PRSaV-1 (SEQ ID NO:85) and ASPV(SEQ ID NO:84). The top line depicts the consensus sequence for the 3′UTR (SEQ ID NO:83). FIG. 6B is a comparative sequence listing of DNAnucleotide sequences for the 3′ untranslated region (UTR) of RSPaV-1(SEQ ID NO:88) and PVM (SEQ ID NO:87). Clustal method of MegAlign(DNASTAR) was used to generate sequence alignments. The 21 identicalconsecutive nucleotides between RSPaV-1 PVM are indicated as shadowedletters (SEQ ID NO:86).

FIGS. 7A-B are photographs comparing the results of RT-PCR of grapevinesusing RSP149 primers (FIG. 7A) and Southern blot hybridization of RT-PCRamplified cDNA fragments to RSPaV-1 specific probe (FIG. 7B). MMLV-RT(Promega) was used in reverse transcription. Taq DNA polymerase(Promega) was used in PCR. For the RT-PCR and Southern blothybridization: lane 1, Ehrenfelser PM1 (1168-1A1); lane 2, Cabernetfranc 147A; lane 3, Chardonnay 80A; lane 4, Refosco 181A; lane 5,Touriga francesa 313; lane 6, 3309C (330-4A1); lane 7, 420A (1483-4A1);lane 8, Chardonnay 83A; lane 9, Malsavia 153A; lane 10, Aragnonex 350;lane 11, Aminia; lane 12, Chardonnay 127; lane 13, Kober 5BB 100; lane14, Verduzzo 233A; lane 15, V. riparia; lane 16, V. monticola; lane 17,H₂O.

FIG. 8 is a schematic representation of the identical genomeorganization among RSPaV-1 (the type strain), RSP47-4, and PRS158. Thenumber of amino acid residues of the comparable ORFs (boxes shaded withthe same pattern) among these three strains are the same (note: ORF1 andORF5 of RSP47-4 and RSP158 are incomplete). The comparable ORFs alsohave high nucleotide and amino acid sequence identities, which areindicated on the bottom. Only the C-terminal portion of the ORF1 ofRSPaV-1 is shown in this diagram.

FIG. 9 is a comparative alignment of nucleotide sequences of seven otherclones (SEQ ID NO:90-96) with the comparable region of RSPaV-1 (SEQ IDNO:97). Shaded areas indicate identical nucleotide sequences, whereaswhite boxes represent different nucleotide sequences. The top linedepicts the consensus sequence (SEQ ID NO:89) for the nucleotidesequences.

FIG. 10 is a schematic representation of a plant transformation vectorcontaining the RSPaV-1 coat protein gene. This vector is designatedpGA482G/RSPaV-1CP, which has the double CaMV 35S enhances, the 35Spromoter, the leader sequence of AIMV, and the 35S terminator sequence.RB, right border; LB, left border; Tet, tetracycline resistance gene;and Gent, gentamycin

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to isolated DNA molecules encoding for theproteins or polypeptides of a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus.Since the nucleotide sequence was derived from cDNA clones of the dsRNAthat was associated with RSP, the viral agent has been designated asRupestris stem pitting associated virus (“RSPaV”). RSP is likely causedby one or a number of viral strains. The genome of each RSPaV has aplurality of open reading frames, each containing DNA molecules inaccordance with the present invention. The complete genome of one strainhas been sequence and the strain is designated RSPaV-1. Substantialportions of the genomes of two other RSPaV strains have also beensequenced. These strains are designated by their clone names, RSP47-4and RSP158.

The DNA molecule which constitutes the complete RSPaV-1 genome comprisesthe nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. IN. No. 1 as follows:

CGATAAACAT AACAACAGAA TCTGCATTGC AGTAATATTC CTTGAATATA ATTGCAACGC 60AATGGCCCTC TCTTATAGGC CTGCTGTTGA AGAGGTGCTC GCAAAATTCA CCTCTGATGA 120ACAATCCAGG GTTTCTGCTA CAGCTCTCAA GGCATTAGTA GACTTAGAGG AAAGTCAGCA 180CAATTTGTTC TCTTTCGCAT TGCCTGATAG AAGCAAAGAA AGGCTGATAT CTTCTGGCAT 240TTACTTAAGT CCTTACAGTT TCAGACCCCA CTCACATCCA GTTTGTAAAA CTTTAGAAAA 300TCACATTTTG TACAATGTTT TACCTAGTTA TGTTAATAAT TCATTTTACT TTGTAGGAAT 360CAAGGATTTT AAGCTGCAGT TCTTGAAAAG GAGGAATAAG GATCTCAGCT TGGTAGCACT 420CATAAATAGG TTTGTGACAA GTCGTGATGT TAGTAGGTAT GGGTCTGAGT TCGTTATAAG 480TTCTAGTGAC AAATCAAGTC AGGTTGTCAG TAGAAAGGGC ATTGGTGATT CTAACACACT 540CCGGAGATTG GTCCCACGTG TAATTTCCAC AGGTGCCAGG AATCTTTTTC TGCATGATGA 600GATTCACTAC TGGTCAATTA GTGATCTGAT CAATTTTTTG GACGTTGCCA AGCCAAGCAT 660GCTCTTGGCA ACTGCAGTAA TCCCTCCAGA AGTGCTGGTT GGCTCTCCAG AGAGTCTTAA 720CCCTTGGGCC TACCAGTATA AAATCAATGG CAACCAACTG CTCTTCGCAC CAGATGGCAA 780CTGGAATGAG ATGTACTCAC AACCTTTGTC ATGCAGATAC CTGCTCAAGG CCAGATCTGT 840AGTTCTGCCC GATGGCTCAC GCTACTCGGT TGACATCATT CACTCAAAAT TTAGTCACCA 900CTTGCTTAGT TTCACCCCTA TGGGTAATCT TTTGACTTCA AACATGCGAT GTTTTTCTGG 960CTTCGATGCA ATAGGCATAA AAGATCTTGA ACCTCTAAGC CGCGGCATGC ACAGTTGCTT 1020CCCAGTACAT CATGATGTTG TAACTAAGAT ATATCTTTAT TTGAGAACTC TCAAGAAGCC 1080AGATAAGGAG TCTGCCGAGG CAAAGCTTCG ACAACTCATA GAAAAACCCA CAGGGAGGGA 1140GATAAAGTTT ATCGAGGATT TTTCCTCACT AGTAATAAAT TGTGGGAGGA GTGGCTCTTT 1200GCTTATGCCC AACATTTCTA AGTTGGTCAT ATCATTCTTT TGCCGGATGA TGCCAAATGC 1260ACTCGCCAGG CTCTCTTCTA GCTTTCGAGA GTGTTCGCTA GATTCATTTG TGTACTCACT 1320TGAGCCCTTT AATTTTTCCG TTAATTTAGT GGATATAACT CCTGATTTCT TTGAGCATTT 1380ATTTCTCTTC TCCTGCCTAA ATGAGTTGAT CGAGGAGGAC GTTGAAGAGG TCATGGACAA 1440TTCTTGGTTT GGACTTGGGG ACTTACAATT CAATCGCCAG AGGGCCCCGT TCTTTCTTGG 1500GTCTTCATAT TGGCTCAACT CCAAATTTTC AGTTGAGCAC AAGTTTTCAG GCACCATCAA 1560TTCTCAAATC ATGCAAGTTA TTTTATCTTT GATCCCATTT TCTGATGATC CCACTTTTAG 1620GCCATCTTCT ACAGAGGTTA ACCTTGCACT ATCAGAGGTT AAGGCTGCGC TAGAAGCTAC 1680TGGGCAGTCA AAATTGTTCA GGTTTTTGGT GGACGACTGT GCTATGCGTG AGGTTAGAAG 1740TTCCTATAAG GTGGGCCTTT TTAAGCACAT AAAAGCCCTC ACTCATTGCT TTAATTCTTG 1800TGGCCTCCAA TGGTTCCTCC TTAGGCAAAG GTCCAACCTC AAATTTCTGA AGGACAGGGC 1860ATCGTCCTTT GCTGATCTTG ATTGTGAGGT TATCAAAGTT TATCAGCTTG TAACATCACA 1920GGCAATACTT CCTGAGGCTC TGCTTAGCTT GACCAAAGTC TTTGTCAGGG ATTCTGACTC 1980AAAGGGTGTT TCCATTCCCA GATTGGTCTC GAGAAATGAG CTAGAGGAAC TAGCTCACCC 2040AGCTAATTCA GCCCTTGAGG AGCCTCAATC AGTTGATTGT AATGCAGGCA GGGTTCAAGC 2100AAGCGTTTCA AGTTCCCAGC AGCTTGCCGA CACCCACTCT CTTGGTAGCG TTAAGTCATC 2160AATTGAGACA GCTAACAAGG CTTTTAACTT GGAGGAGCTA AGGATCATGA TTAGAGTCTT 2220GCCGGAGGAT TTTAACTGGG TGGCGAAGAA CATTGGTTTT AAAGACAGGC TGAGAGGCAG 2280GGGTGCATCA TTCTTCTCAA AACCAGGAAT TTCATGTCAT AGTTACAATG GTGGGAGCCA 2340CACAAGCTTA GGGTGGCCAA AGTTCATGGA TCAGATTCTA AGCTCCACTG GTGGACGTAA 2400TTACTACAAT TCATGCCTGG CTCAGATCTA TGAGGAAAAT TCAAAATTGG CTCTTCATAA 2460GGATGATGAG AGTTGCTATG AAATTGGGCA CAAAGTTTTG ACTGTTAATT TAATCGGCTC 2520AGCAACTTTC ACTATTAGTA AGTCGCGAAA TTTGGTTGGG GGTAATCATT GCAGCCTGAC 2580AATTGGGCCA AATGAGTTTT TCGAAATGCC TAGGGGCATG CAATGCAATT ACTTCCATGG 2640GGTTTCCAAT TGTACGCCAG GGCGGGTATC GCTGACCTTT AGGCGCCAAA AGTTGGAAGA 2700TGATGATTTG ATCTTCATAA ATCCACAGGT GCCCATTGAG CTCAATCATG AAAAGCTTGA 2760CCGAAGTATG TGGCAGATGG GCCTTCATGG AATTAAGAAA TCTATTTCTA TGAATGGCAC 2820GAGTTTTACC TCAGACCTAT GCTCTTGTTT CTCTTGCCAC AACTTTCATA AATTCAAGGA 2880TCTCATCAAT AACTTGAGAT TGGCCCTAGG AGCACAAGGG CTAGGTCAGT GTGACAGGGT 2940TGTGTTTGCA ACAACAGGTC CTGGTCTATC TAAGGTTTTA GAAATGCCTC GGAGCAAAAA 3000GCAATCAATT TTGGTTCTTG AAGGTGCCCT ATCCATAGAA ACAGATTATG GTCCAAAAGT 3060CCTGGGGTCT TTTGAAGTTT TCAAAGGGGA CTTTCACATT AAGAAGATGG AGGAAGGTTC 3120AATTTTTGTA ATAACGTACA AGGCCCCAAT TAGATCCACT GGCAGGTTGA GGGTTCACAG 3180TTCAGAATGC TCATTTTCCG GATCCAAAGA GGTATTGCTA GGCTGCCAGA TTGAGGCATG 3240TGCTGATTAT GATATTGATG ATTTTAACAC TTTCTCTGTG CCTGGTGATG GCAATTGCTT 3300TTGGCATTCT GTTGGTTTTT TACTTAGCAC TGATGGACTT GCCCTAAAGG CCGGTATTCG 3360ATCTTTCGTG GAGAGTGAGC GCTTGGTAAG TCCAGATCTT TCAGCCCCAG CAATTTCTAA 3420ACAATTGGAA GAGAATGCTT ATGCCGAGAA TGAGATGATC GCATTATTCT GCATTCGGCA 3480CCACGTAAGG CCTATAGTGA TCACACCAGA ATATGAAGTT AGTTGGAAAT TCGGGGAAGG 3540TGAGTGGCCC CTATGTGGAA TTCTTTGCCT TAAATCAAAT CACTTCCAAC CATGCGCCCC 3600ACTGAATGGT TGCATGATCA CAGCCATTGC TTCAGCACTT GGAAGGCGTG AAGTTGATGT 3660GTTAAATTAT CTGTGTAGAC CCAGCACTAA TCATATTTTT GAGGAGCTTT GTCAGGGAGG 3720GGGCCTTAAC ATGATGTATT TAGCTGAAGC TTTTGAGGCC TTTGACATTT GCGCTAAATG 3780TGATATAAAT GGAGAGATTG AAGTGATTAA TCCGTGTGGT AAAATTTCTG CATTGTTTGA 3840CATAACTAAT GAGCACATAA GGCATGTTGA GAAAATAGGT AATGGCCCTC AGAGCATAAA 3900AGTGGATGAA TTGCGGAAGG TCAAGCGATC CGCCCTCGAT TTCCTTTCAA TGAATGGGTC 3960TAAAATAACC TACTTCCCAA GCTTTGAGCG GGCTGAAAAG TTGCAAGGAT GTTTGCTAGG 4020GGGCCTAACT GGCGTTATAA GTGATGAGAA GTTCAGTGAT GCAAAACCTT GGCTTTCTGG 4080TATATCTACT ACTGATATTA AGCCAAGGGA ATTGACTGTC GTGCTTGGTA CATTTGGGGC 4140TGGGAAGAGT TTCTTGTACA AGAGTTTCAT GAAAAGGTCT GAGGGTAAAT TCGTAACCTT 4200TGTTTCTCCC AGACGTGCTT TAGCAAATTC AATCAAAAAT GATCTTGAAA TGGATGATAG 4260CTGCAAAGTT GCTAAAGCAG GTAGGTCAAA GAAGGAAGGG TGGGATGTAG TAACTTTTGA 4320GGTTTTCCTT AGAAAAGTTG CAGGATTGAA GGCTGGCCAC TGTGTGATTT TTGATGAGGT 4380CCAGTTGTTT CCTCCTGGAT ACATCGATCT ATGCTTGCTT ATTATACGTA GTGATGCTTT 4440CATTTCACTT GCTGGTGATC CATGTCAAAG CACATATGAC TCGCAAAAGG ATCGGGCAAT 4500TTTGGGCGCT GAGCAGAGTG ACATACTTAG ACTGCTTGAG GGCAAAACGT ATAGGTATAA 4560CATAGAAAGC AGGAGGTTTG TGAACCCAAT GTTCGAATCA AGACTGCCAT GTCACTTCAA 4620AAAGGGCTCG ATGACTGCCG CTTTCGCTGA TTATGCAATC TTCCATAATA TGCATGACTT 4680TCTCCTGGCG AGGTCAAAAG GTCCCTTGGA TGCCGTTTTG GTTTCCAGTT TTGAGGAGAA 4740AAAGATAGTC CAGTCCTACT TTGGAATGAA ACAGCTCACA CTCACATTTG GTGAATCAAC 4800TGGGTTGAAT TTCAAAAATG GGGGAATTCT CATATCACAT GATTCCTTTC ACACAGATGA 4860TCGGCGGTGG CTTACTGCTT TATCTCGCTT CAGCCACAAT TTGGATTTGG TGAACATCAC 4920AGGTCTGAGG GTGGAAAGTT TTCTCTCGCA CTTTGCTGGC AAACCCCTCT ACCATTTTTT 4980AACAGCCAAA AGTGGGGAGA ATGTCATACG AGATTTGCTC CCAGGTGAGC CTAACTTCTT 5040CAGTGGCTTT AACGTTAGCA TTGGAAAGAA TGAAGGTGTT AGGGAGGAGA AGTTATGTGG 5100TGACCCATGG TTAAAAGTTA TGCTTTTCCT GGGTCAAGAT GAGGATTGTG AAGTTGAAGA 5160GATGGAGTCA GAATGCTCAA ATGAAGAATG GTTTAAAACC CACATCCCCT TGAGTAATCT 5220GGAGTCAACC AGGGCCAGGT GGGTGGGTAA AATGGCCTTG AAAGAGTATC GGGAGGTGCG 5280TTGTGGTTAT GAAATGACTC AACAATTCTT TGATGAGCAT AGGGGTGGAA CTGGTGAGCA 5340ACTGAGCAAT GCATGTGAGA GGTTTGAAAG CATTTACCCA AGGCATAAAG GAAATGATTC 5400AATAACCTTC CTCATGGCTG TCCGAAAGCG TCTCAAATTT TCGAAGCCCC AGGTTGAAGC 5460TGCCAAACTG AGGCGGGCCA AACCATATGG GAAATTCTTA TTAGATTCTT TCCTATCCAA 5520AATCCCATTG AAAGCCAGTC ATAATTCCAT CATGTTTCAT GAAGCGGTAC AGGAGTTTGA 5580GGCGAAGAAG GCTAGTAAGA GTGCAGCAAC TATAGAGAAT CATGCAGGTA GGTCATGCAG 5640GGATTGGTTA TTAGATGTTG CTCTGATTTT TATGAAGTCA CAACACTGTA CTAAATTTGA 5700CAACAGGCTT AGAGTAGCTA AAGCTGGGCA AACCCTTGCT TGCTTCCAAC ATGCTGTTCT 5760GGTTCGCTTT GCACCCTATA TGAGATACAT TGAGAAAAAG CTAATGCAAG CTCTGAAGCC 5826TAACTTCTAC ATCCATTCAG GGAAAGGTCT GACGAGCTGA ACGAGTGGGT CAGAACTAGA 5880GGATTCACTG GAATTTGCAC AGAATCAGAC TACGAAGCCT TTGATGCTTC CCAAGACCAC 5940TTCATCCTAG CATTCGAATT GCAGATAATG AAATTTTTGG GGTTACCTGA AGATTTAATT 6000TTGGACTATG AATTCATAAA AATTCATTTG GGATCAAAGC TCGGATCATT CTCTATAATG 6060AGGTTTACTG GGGAGGCCAG CACATTTCTG TTTAACACTA TGGCTAACAT GTTGTTCACC 6120TTTCTGAGGT ACGAACTAAC AGGCTCTGAG TCAATAGCAT TTGCAGGTGA TGACATGTGT 6180GCTAATCGAA GGTTGCGGCT TAAAACAGAG CATGAGGGTT TTCTGAACAT GATTTGCCTT 6240AAGGCCAAGG TTCAGTTTGT TTCCAATCCC ACATTCTGCG GATGGTGTTT ATTTAAGGAA 6300GGGATCTTCA AGAAGCCTCA ATTAATCTGG GAGCGGATAT CCATTGCTAG GGAGATGGGC 6360AACCTGGAGA ATTGTATTGA CAATTATGCG ATAGAGGTCT CCTATGCATA CCGACTGGGA 6420GAGCTAGCCA TTGAAATGAT GACCGAGGAA GAAGTGGAGG CCCATTATAA TTGTGTTAGA 6480TTCTTGGTCA GGAACAAGCA TAAGATGAGA TGCTCAATTT CAGGCCTATT TGAAGCTATT 6540GATTAGGCCT TAAGTATTTG GCATTATTTG AGTATTATGA ATAATTTAGT TAAAGCATTG 6600TCAGCATTTG AGTTTGTAGG TGTTTTCAGT GTGCTTAAAT TTCCAGTAGT CATTCATAGT 6660GTGCCTGGTA GTGGTAAAAG TAGTTTAATA AGGGAGCTAA TTTCCGAGGA TGAGAATTTC 6720ATAGCTTTCA CAGCAGGTGT TCCAGACAGC CCTAATCTCA CAGGAAGGTA CATTAAGCCT 6780TATTCTCCAG GGTGTGCAGT GCCAGGGAAA GTTAATATAC TTGATGAGTA CTTGTCCGTC 6840CAAGATTTTT CAGGTTTTGA TGTGCTGTTC TCGGACCCAT ACCAAAACAT CAGCATTCCT 6900AAAGAGGCAC ATTTCATCAA GTCAAAAACT TGTAGGTTTG GCGTGAATAC TTGCAAATAT 6960CTTTCCTCCT TCGGTTTTAA GGTTAGCAGT GACGGTTTGG ACAAAGTCAT TGTGGGGTCG 7020CCTTTTACAC TAGATGTTGA AGGGGTGCTA ATATGCTTTG GTAAGGAGGC AGTGGATCTC 7080GCTGTTGCGC ACAACTCTGA ATTCAAATTA CCTTGTGAAG TTAGAGGTTC AACTTTTAAC 7140GTCGTAACTC TTTTGAAATC AAGAGATCCA ACCCCAGAGG ATAGGCACTG GTTTTACATT 7200GCTGCTACAA GACACAGGGA GAAATTGATA ATCATGCAGT AAGATGCCTT TTCAGCAGCC 7260TGCGAATTGG GCAAAAACCA TAACTCCATT GACAGTTGGC TTGGGCATTG GGCTTGTGCT 7320GCATTTTCTG AGGAAGTCAA ATCTACCTTA TTCAGGGGAC AACATCCATC AATTCCCTCA 7380CGGTGGGCGT TACAGGGACG GTACAAAAAG TATAACTTAC TGTGGTCCAA AGCAATCCTT 7440CCCCAGCTCT GGGATATTCG GCCAATCTGA GAATTTTGTG CCCTTAATGC TTGTCATAGG 7500TCTAATCGCA TTCATACATG TATTGTCTGT TTGGAATTCT GGTCTTGGTA GGAATTGTAA 7560TTGCCATCCA AATCCTTGCT CATGTAGACA GCAGTAGTGG CAACCACCAA GGTTGCTTCA 7620TTAGGGCCAC TGGAGAGTCA ATTTTGATTG AAAACTGCGG CCCAAGTGAG GCCCTTGCAT 7680CCACTGTGAA GGAGGTGCTG GGAGGTTTGA AGGCTTTAGG GGTTAGCCGT GCTGTTGAAG 7740AAATTGATTA TCATTGTTAA ATTGGCTGAA TGGCAAGTCA AATTGGGAAA CTCCCCGGTG 7800AATCAAATGA GGCTTTTGAA GCCCGGCTAA AATCGCTGGA GTTAGCTAGA GCTCAAAAGC 7860AGCCGGAAGG TTCTAATGCA CCACCTACTC TCAGTGGCAT TCTTGCCAAA CGCAAGAGGA 7920TTATAGAGAA TGCACTTTCA AAGACGGTGG ACATGAGGGA GGTTTTGAAA CACGAAACGG 7980TGGTGATTTC CCCAAATGTC ATGGATGAAG GTGCAATAGA CGAGCTGATT CGTGCATTTG 8040GTGAATCTGG CATAGCTGAA AGCGTGCAAT TTGATGTGGC CATAGATATA GCACGTCACT 8100GCTCTGATGT TGGTAGCTCC CAGAGGTCAA CCCTGATTGG CAAGAGTCCA TTTTGTGACC 8160TAAACAGATC AGAAATAGCT GGGATTATAA GGGAGGTGAC CACATTACGT AGATTTTGCA 8220TGTACTATGC AAAAATCGTG TGGAACATCC ATCTGGAGAC GGGGATACCA CCAGCTAACT 8280GGGCCAAGAA AGGATTTAAT GAGAATGAAA AGTTTGCAGC CTTTGATTTT TTCTTGGGAG 8340TCACAGATGA GAGTGCGCTT GAACCAAAGG GTGGAATTAA AAGAGCTCCA ACGAAAGCTG 8400AGATGGTTGC TAATATCGCC TCTTTTGAGG TTCAAGTGCT CAGACAAGCT ATGGCTGAAG 8460GCAAGCGGAG TTCCAACCTT GGAGAGATTA GTGGTGGAAC GGCTGGTGCA CTCATCAACA 8520ACCCCTTTTC AAATGTTACA CATGAATGAG GATGACGAAG TCAGCGACAA TTCCGCAGTC 8580CAATAATTCC CCGATTTCAA GGCTGGGTTA AGCCTGTTCG CTGGAATACC GTACTAATAG 8640TATTCCCTTT CCATGCTAAA TCCTATTTAA TATATAAGGT GTGGAAAGTA AAAGAAGATT 8700TGGTGTGTTT TTATAGTTTT CATTCAAAAA AAA 8743

The DNA molecule of SEQ. ID. No. 1 contains at least five open readingframes (e.g., ORF1-ORF5), each of which encodes a particular protein orpolypeptide of RSPaV-1, and a 3′ untranscribed region downstream ofORF5.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV-1 ORF1) includesnucleotides 62-6547 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule of RSPaV-1 ORF1encodes for a RSPaV-1 replicase and comprises a nucleotide sequencecorresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 2 as follows:

ATGGCCCTCT CTTATAGGCC TGCTGTTGAA GAGGTGCTCG CAAAATTCAC CTCTGATGAA 60CAATCCAGGG TTTCTGCTAC AGCTCTCAAG GCATTAGTAG ACTTAGAGGA AAGTCAGCAC 120AATTTGTTCT CTTTCGCATT GCCTGATAGA AGCAAAGAAA GGCTGATATC TTCTGGCATT 180TACTTAAGTC CTTACAGTTT CAGACCCCAC TCACATCCAG TTTGTAAAAC TTTAGAAAAT 240CACATTTTGT ACAATGTTTT ACCTAGTTAT GTTAATAATT CATTTTACTT TGTAGGAATC 300AAGGATTTTA AGCTGCAGTT CTTGAAAAGG AGGAATAAGG ATCTCAGCTT GGTAGCACTC 360ATAAATAGGT TTGTGACAAG TCGTGATGTT AGTAGGTATG GGTCTGAGTT CGTTATAAGT 420TCTAGTGACA AATCAAGTCA GGTTGTCAGT AGAAAGGGCA TTGGTGATTC TAACACACTC 480CGGAGATTGG TCCCACGTGT AATTTCCACA GGTGCCAGGA ATCTTTTTCT GCATGATGAG 540ATTCACTACT GGTCAATTAG TGATCTGATC AATTTTTTGG ACGTTGCCAA GCCAAGCATG 600CTCTTGGCAA CTGCAGTAAT CCCTCCAGAA GTGCTGGTTG GCTCTCCAGA GAGTCTTAAC 660CCTTGGGCCT ACCAGTATAA AATCAATGGC AACCAACTGC TCTTCGCACC AGATGGCAAC 720TGGAATGAGA TGTACTCACA ACCTTTGTCA TGCAGATACC TGCTCAAGGC CAGATCTGTA 780GTTCTGCCCG ATGGCTCACG CTACTCGGTT GACATCATTC ACTCAAAATT TAGTCACCAC 840TTGCTTAGTT TCACCCCTAT GGGTAATCTT TTGACTTCAA ACATGCGATG TTTTTCTGGC 900TTCGATGCAA TAGGCATAAA AGATCTTGAA CCTCTAAGCC GCGGCATGCA CAGTTGCTTC 960CCAGTACATC ATGATGTTGT AACTAAGATA TATCTTTATT TGAGAACTCT CAAGAAGCCA 1020GATAAGGAGT CTGCCGAGGC AAAGCTTCGA CAACTCATAG AAAAACCCAC AGGGAGGGAG 1080ATAAAGTTTA TCGAGGATTT TTCCTCACTA GTAATAAATT GTGGGAGGAG TGGCTCTTTG 1140CTTATGCCCA ACATTTCTAA GTTGGTCATA TCATTCTTTT GCCGGATGAT GCCAAATGCA 1200CTCGCCAGGC TCTCTTCTAG CTTTCGAGAG TGTTCGCTAG ATTCATTTGT GTACTCACTT 1260GAGCCCTTTA ATTTTTCCGT TAATTTAGTG GATATAACTC CTGATTTCTT TGAGCATTTA 1320TTTCTCTTCT CCTGCCTAAA TGAGTTGATC GAGGAGGACG TTGAAGAGGT CATGGACAAT 1380TCTTGGTTTG GACTTGGGGA CTTACAATTC AATCGCCAGA GGGCCCCGTT CTTTCTTGGG 1440TCTTCATATT GGCTCAACTC CAAATTTTCA GTTGAGCACA AGTTTTCAGG CACCATCAAT 1500TCTCAAATCA TGCAAGTTAT TTTATCTTTG ATCCCATTTT CTGATGATCC CACTTTTAGG 1560CCATCTTCTA CAGAGGTTAA CCTTGCACTA TCAGAGGTTA AGGCTGCGCT AGAAGCTACT 1620GGGCAGTCAA AATTGTTCAG GTTTTTGGTG GACGACTGTG CTATGCGTGA GGTTAGAAGT 1680TCCTATAAGG TGGGCCTTTT TAAGCACATA AAAGCCCTCA CTCATTGCTT TAATTCTTGT 1740GGCCTCCAAT GGTTCCTCCT TAGGCAAAGG TCCAACCTCA AATTTCTGAA GGACAGGGCA 1800TCGTCCTTTG CTGATCTTGA TTGTGAGGTT ATCAAAGTTT ATCAGCTTGT AACATCACAG 1860GCAATACTTC CTGAGGCTCT GCTTAGCTTG ACCAAAGTCT TTGTCAGGGA TTCTGACTCA 1920AAGGGTGTTT CCATTCCCAG ATTGGTCTCG AGAAATGAGC TAGAGGAACT AGCTCACCCA 1980GCTAATTCAG CCCTTGAGGA GCCTCAATCA GTTGATTGTA ATGCAGGCAG GGTTCAAGCA 2040AGCGTTTCAA GTTCCCAGCA GCTTGCCGAC ACCCACTCTC TTGGTAGCGT TAAGTCATCA 2100ATTGAGACAG CTAACAAGGC TTTTAACTTG GAGGAGCTAA GGATCATGAT TAGAGTCTTG 2160CCGGAGGATT TTAACTGGGT GGCGAAGAAC ATTGGTTTTA AAGACAGGCT GAGAGGCAGG 2220GGTGCATCAT TCTTCTCAAA ACCAGGAATT TCATGTCATA GTTACAATGG TGGGAGCCAC 2280ACAAGCTTAG GGTGGCCAAA GTTCATGGAT CAGATTCTAA GCTCCACTGG TGGACGTAAT 2340TACTACAATT CATGCCTGGC TCAGATCTAT GAGGAAAATT CAAAATTGGC TCTTCATAAG 2400GATGATGAGA GTTGCTATGA AATTGGGCAC AAAGTTTTGA CTGTTAATTT AATCGGCTCA 2460GCAACTTTCA CTATTAGTAA GTCGCGAAAT TTGGTTGGGG GTAATCATTG CAGCCTGACA 2520ATTGGGCCAA ATGAGTTTTT CGAAATGCCT AGGGGCATGC AATGCAATTA CTTCCATGGG 2580GTTTCCAATT GTACGCCAGG GCGGGTATCG CTGACCTTTA GGCGCCAAAA GTTGGAAGAT 2640GATGATTTGA TCTTCATAAA TCCACAGGTG CCCATTGAGC TCAATCATGA AAAGCTTGAC 2700CGAAGTATGT GGCAGATGGG CCTTCATGGA ATTAAGAAAT CTATTTCTAT GAATGGCACG 2760AGTTTTACCT CAGACCTATG CTCTTGTTTC TCTTGCCACA ACTTTCATAA ATTCAAGGAT 2820CTCATCAATA ACTTGAGATT GGCCCTAGGA GCACAAGGGC TAGGTCAGTG TGACAGGGTT 2880GTGTTTGCAA CAACAGGTCC TGGTCTATCT AAGGTTTTAG AAATGCCTCG GAGCAAAAAG 2940CAATCAATTT TGGTTCTTGA AGGTGCCCTA TCCATAGAAA CAGATTATGG TCCAAAAGTC 3000CTGGGGTCTT TTGAAGTTTT CAAAGGGGAC TTTCACATTA AGAAGATGGA GGAAGGTTCA 3060ATTTTTGTAA TAACGTACAA GGCCCCAATT AGATCCACTG GCAGGTTGAG GGTTCACAGT 3120TCAGAATGCT CATTTTCCGG ATCCAAAGAG GTATTGCTAG GCTGCCAGAT TGAGGCATGT 3180GCTGATTATG ATATTGATGA TTTTAACACT TTCTCTGTGC CTGGTGATGG CAATTGCTTT 3240TGGCATTCTG TTGGTTTTTT ACTTAGCACT GATGGACTTG CCCTAAAGGC CGGTATTCGA 3300TCTTTCGTGG AGAGTGAGCG CTTGGTAAGT CCAGATCTTT CAGCCCCAGC AATTTCTAAA 3360CAATTGGAAG AGAATGCTTA TGCCGAGAAT GAGATGATCG CATTATTCTG CATTCGGCAC 3420CACGTAAGGC CTATAGTGAT CACACCAGAA TATGAAGTTA GTTGGAAATT CGGGGAAGGT 3480GAGTGGCCCC TATGTGGAAT TCTTTGCCTT AAATCAAATC ACTTCCAACC ATGCGCCCCA 3540CTGAATGGTT GCATGATCAC AGCCATTGCT TCAGCACTTG GAAGGCGTGA AGTTGATGTG 3600TTAAATTATC TGTGTAGACC CAGCACTAAT CATATTTTTG AGGAGCTTTG TCAGGGAGGG 3660GGCCTTAACA TGATGTATTT AGCTGAAGCT TTTGAGGCCT TTGACATTTG CGCTAAATGT 3720GATATAAATG GAGAGATTGA AGTGATTAAT CCGTGTGGTA AAATTTCTGC ATTGTTTGAC 3780ATAACTAATG AGCACATAAG GCATGTTGAG AAAATAGGTA ATGGCCCTCA GAGCATAAAA 3840GTGGATGAAT TGCGGAAGGT CAAGCGATCC GCCCTCGATT TCCTTTCAAT GAATGGGTCT 3900AAAATAACCT ACTTCCCAAG CTTTGAGCGG GCTGAAAAGT TGCAAGGATG TTTGCTAGGG 3960GGCCTAACTG GCGTTATAAG TGATGAGAAG TTCAGTGATG CAAAACCTTG GCTTTCTGGT 4020ATATCTACTA CTGATATTAA GCCAAGGGAA TTGACTGTCG TGCTTGGTAC ATTTGGGGCT 4080GGGAAGAGTT TCTTGTACAA GAGTTTCATG AAAAGGTCTG AGGGTAAATT CGTAACCTTT 4140GTTTCTCCCA GACGTGCTTT AGCAAATTCA ATCAAAAATG ATCTTGAAAT GGATGATAGC 4200TGCAAAGTTG CTAAAGCAGG TAGGTCAAAG AAGGAAGGGT GGGATGTAGT AACTTTTGAG 4260GTTTTCCTTA GAAAAGTTGC AGGATTGAAG GCTGGCCACT GTGTGATTTT TGATGAGGTC 4320CAGTTGTTTC CTCCTGGATA CATCGATCTA TGCTTGCTTA TTATACGTAG TGATGCTTTC 4380ATTTCACTTG CTGGTGATCC ATGTCAAAGC ACATATGACT CGCAAAAGGA TCGGGCAATT 4440TTGGGCGCTG AGCAGAGTGA CATACTTAGA CTGCTTGAGG GCAAAACGTA TAGGTATAAC 4500ATAGAAAGCA GGAGGTTTGT GAACCCAATG TTCGAATCAA GACTGCCATG TCACTTCAAA 4560AAGGGCTCGA TGACTGCCGC TTTCGCTGAT TATGCAATCT TCCATAATAT GCATGACTTT 4620CTCCTGGCGA GGTCAAAAGG TCCCTTGGAT GCCGTTTTGG TTTCCAGTTT TGAGGAGAAA 4680AAGATAGTCC AGTCCTACTT TGGAATGAAA CAGCTCACAC TCACATTTGG TGAATCAACT 4740GGGTTGAATT TCAAAAATGG GGGAATTCTC ATATCACATG ATTCCTTTCA CACAGATGAT 4800CGGCGGTGGC TTACTGCTTT ATCTCGCTTC AGCCACAATT TGGATTTGGT GAACATCACA 4860GGTCTGAGGG TGGAAAGTTT TCTCTCGCAC TTTGCTGGCA AACCCCTCTA CCATTTTTTA 4920ACAGCCAAAA GTGGGGAGAA TGTCATACGA GATTTGCTCC CAGGTGAGCC TAACTTCTTC 4980AGTGGCTTTA ACGTTAGCAT TGGAAAGAAT GAAGGTGTTA GGGAGGAGAA GTTATGTGGT 5040GACCCATGGT TAAAAGTTAT GCTTTTCCTG GGTCAAGATG AGGATTGTGA AGTTGAAGAG 5100ATGGAGTCAG AATGCTCAAA TGAAGAATGG TTTAAAACCC ACATCCCCTT GAGTAATCTG 5160GAGTCAACCA GGGCCAGGTG GGTGGGTAAA ATGGCCTTGA AAGAGTATCG GGAGGTGCGT 5220TGTGGTTATG AAATGACTCA ACAATTCTTT GATGAGCATA GGGGTGGAAC TGGTGAGCAA 5280CTGAGCAATG CATGTGAGAG GTTTGAAAGC ATTTACCCAA GGCATAAAGG AAATGATTCA 5340ATAACCTTCC TCATGGCTGT CCGAAAGCGT CTCAAATTTT CGAAGCCCCA GGTTGAAGCT 5400GCCAAACTGA GGCGGGCCAA ACCATATGGG AAATTCTTAT TAGATTCTTT CCTATCCAAA 5460ATCCCATTGA AAGCCAGTCA TAATTCCATC ATGTTTCATG AAGCGGTACA GGAGTTTGAG 5520GCGAAGAAGG CTAGTAAGAG TGCAGCAACT ATAGAGAATC ATGCAGGTAG GTCATGCAGG 5580GATTGGTTAT TAGATGTTGC TCTGATTTTT ATGAAGTCAC AACACTGTAC TAAATTTGAC 5640AACAGGCTTA GAGTAGCTAA AGCTGGGCAA ACCCTTGCTT GCTTCCAACA TGCTGTTCTG 5100GTTCGCTTTG CACCCTATAT GAGATACATT GAGAAAAAGC TAATGCAAGC TCTGAAGCCT 5760AACTTCTACA TCCATTCAGG GAAAGGTCTG ACGAGCTGAA CGAGTGGGTC AGAACTAGAG 5820GATTCACTGG AATTTGCACA GAATCAGACT ACGAAGCCTT TGATGCTTCC CAAGACCACT 5880TCATCCTAGC ATTCGAATTG CAGATAATGA AATTTTTGGG GTTACCTGAA GATTTAATTT 5940TGGACTATGA ATTCATAAAA ATTCATTTGG GATCAAAGCT CGGATCATTC TCTATAATGA 6000GGTTTACTGG GGAGGCCAGC ACATTTCTGT TTAACACTAT GGCTAACATG TTGTTCACCT 6060TTCTGAGGTA CGAACTAACA GGCTCTGAGT CAATAGCATT TGCAGGTGAT GACATGTGTG 6120CTAATCGAAG GTTGCGGCTT AAAACAGAGC ATGAGGGTTT TCTGAACATG ATTTGCCTTA 6180AGGCCAAGGT TCAGTTTGTT TCCAATCCCA CATTCTGCGG ATGGTGTTTA TTTAAGGAAG 6240GGATCTTCAA GAAGCCTCAA TTAATCTGGG AGCGGATATG CATTGCTAGG GAGATGGGCA 6300ACCTGGAGAA TTGTATTGAC AATTATGCGA TAGAGGTCTC CTATGCATAC CGACTGGGAG 6360AGCTAGCCAT TGAAATGATG ACCGAGGAAG AAGTGGAGGC CCATTATAAT TGTGTTAGAT 6420TCTTGGTCAG GAACAAGCAT AAGATGAGAT GCTCAATTTC AGGCCTATTT GAAGCTATTG 6480ATTAG 6485

The RSPaV-1 replicase has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding toSEQ. ID. No. 3 as follows:

Met Ala Leu Ser Tyr Arg Pro Ala Val Glu Glu Val Leu Ala Lys Phe1               5                   10                  15 Thr Ser AspGlu Gln Ser Arg Val Ser Ala Thr Ala Leu Lys Ala Leu            20                  25                  30 Val Asp Leu GluGlu Ser Gln His Asn Leu Phe Ser Phe Ala Leu Pro        35                  40                  45 Asp Arg Ser Lys GluArg Leu Ile Ser Ser Gly Ile Tyr Leu Ser Pro    50                  55                  60 Tyr Ser Phe Arg Pro HisSer His Pro Val Cys Lys Thr Leu Glu Asn65                  70                  75                   80 His IleLeu Tyr Asn Val Leu Pro Ser Tyr Val Asn Asn Ser Phe Tyr                85                  90                  95 Phe Val GlyIle Lys Asp Phe Lys Leu Gln Phe Leu Lys Arg Arg Asn            100                 105                 110 Lys Asp Leu SerLeu Val Ala Leu Ile Asn Arg Phe Val Thr Ser Arg        115                 120                 125 Asp Val Ser Arg TyrGly Ser Glu Phe Val Ile Ser Ser Ser Asp Lys    130                 135                 140 Ser Ser Gln Val Val SerArg Lys Gly Ile Gly Asp Ser Asn Thr Leu145                 150                 155                 160 Arg ArgLeu Val Pro Arg Val Ile Ser Thr Gly Ala Arg Asn Leu Phe                165                 170                 175 Leu His AspGlu Ile His Tyr Trp Ser Ile Ser Asp Leu Ile Asn Phe            180                 185                 190 Leu Asp Val AlaLys Pro Ser Met Leu Leu Ala Thr Ala Val Ile Pro        195                 200                 205 Pro Glu Val Leu ValGly Ser Pro Glu Ser Leu Asn Pro Trp Ala Tyr    210                 215                 220 Gln Tyr Lys Ile Asn GlyAsn Gln Leu Leu Phe Ala Pro Asp Gly Asn225                 230                 235                 240 Trp AsnGlu Met Tyr Ser Gln Pro Leu Ser Cys Arg Tyr Leu Leu Lys                245                 250                 255 Ala Arg SerVal Val Leu Pro Asp Gly Ser Arg Tyr Ser Val Asp Ile            260                 265                 270 Ile His Ser LysPhe Ser His His Leu Leu Ser Phe Thr Pro Met Gly        275                 280                 285 Asn Leu Leu Thr SerAsn Met Arg Cys Phe Ser Gly Phe Asp Ala Ile    290                 295                 300 Gly Ile Lys Asp Leu GluPro Leu Ser Arg Gly Met His Ser Cys Phe305                 310                 315                 320 Pro ValHis His Asp Val Val Thr Lys Ile Tyr Leu Tyr Leu Arg Thr                325                 330                 335 Leu Lys LysPro Asp Lys Glu Ser Ala Glu Ala Lys Leu Arg Gln Leu            340                 345                 350 Ile Glu Lys ProThr Gly Arg Glu Ile Lys Phe Ile Glu Asp Phe Ser        355                 360                 365 Ser Leu Val Ile AsnCys Gly Arg Ser Gly Ser Leu Leu Met Pro Asn    370                 375                 380 Ile Ser Lys Leu Val IleSer Phe Phe Cys Arg Met Met Pro Asn Ala385                 390                 395                 400 Leu AlaArg Leu Ser Ser Ser Phe Arg Glu Cys Ser Leu Asp Ser Phe                405                 410                 415 Val Tyr SerLeu Glu Pro Phe Asn Phe Ser Val Asn Leu Val Asp Ile            420                 425                 430 Thr Pro Asp PhePhe Glu His Leu Phe Leu Phe Ser Cys Leu Asn Glu        435                 440                 445 Leu Ile Glu Glu AspVal Glu Glu Val Met Asp Asn Ser Trp Phe Gly    450                 455                 460 Leu Gly Asp Leu Gln PheAsn Arg Gln Arg Ala Pro Phe Phe Leu Gly465                 470                 475                 480 Ser SerTyr Trp Leu Asn Ser Lys Phe Ser Val Glu His Lys Phe Ser                485                 490                 495 Gly Thr IleAsn Ser Gln Ile Met Gln Val Ile Leu Ser Leu Ile Pro            500                 505                 510 Phe Ser Asp AspPro Thr Phe Arg Pro Ser Ser Thr Glu Val Asn Leu        515                 520                 525 Ala Leu Ser Glu ValLys Ala Ala Leu Glu Ala Thr Gly Gln Ser Lys    530                 535                 540 Leu Phe Arg Phe Leu ValAsp Asp Cys Ala Met Arg Glu Val Arg Ser545                 550                 555                 560 Ser TyrLys Val Gly Leu Phe Lys His Ile Lys Ala Leu Thr His Cys                565                 570                 575 Phe Asn SerCys Gly Leu Gln Trp Phe Leu Leu Arg Gln Arg Ser Asn            580                 585                 590 Leu Lys Phe LeuLys Asp Arg Ala Ser Ser Phe Ala Asp Leu Asp Cys        595                 600                 605 Glu Val Ile Lys ValTyr Gln Leu Val Thr Ser Gln Ala Ile Leu Pro    610                 615                 620 Glu Ala Leu Leu Ser LeuThr Lys Val Phe Val Arg Asp Ser Asp Ser625                 630                 635                 640 Lys GlyVal Ser Ile Pro Arg Leu Val Ser Arg Asn Glu Leu Glu Glu                645                 650                 655 Leu Ala HisPro Ala Asn Ser Ala Leu Glu Glu Pro Gln Ser Val Asp            660                 665                 670 Cys Asn Ala GlyArg Val Gln Ala Ser Val Ser Ser Ser Gln Gln Leu        675                 680                 685 Ala Asp Thr His SerLeu Gly Ser Val Lys Ser Ser Ile Glu Thr Ala    690                 695                 700 Asn Lys Ala Phe Asn LeuGlu Glu Leu Arg Ile Met Ile Arg Val Leu705                 710                 715                 720 Pro GluAsp Phe Asn Trp Val Ala Lys Asn Ile Gly Phe Lys Asp Arg                725                 730                 735 Leu Arg GlyArg Gly Ala Ser Phe Phe Ser Lys Pro Gly Ile Ser Cys            740                 745                 750 His Ser Tyr AsnGly Gly Ser His Thr Ser Leu Gly Trp Pro Lys Phe        755                 760                 765 Met Asp Gln Ile LeuSer Ser Thr Gly Gly Arg Asn Tyr Tyr Asn Ser    770                 775                 780 Cys Leu Ala Gln Ile TyrGlu Glu Asn Ser Lys Leu Ala Leu His Lys785                 790                 795                 800 Asp AspGlu Ser Cys Tyr Glu Ile Gly His Lys Val Leu Thr Val Asn                805                 810                 815 Leu Ile GlySer Ala Thr Phe Thr Ile Ser Lys Ser Arg Asn Leu Val            820                 825                 830 Gly Gly Asn HisCys Ser Leu Thr Ile Gly Pro Asn Glu Phe Phe Glu        835                 840                 845 Met Pro Arg Gly MetGln Cys Asn Tyr Phe His Gly Val Ser Asn Cys    850                 855                 860 Thr Pro Gly Arg Val SerLeu Thr Phe Arg Arg Gln Lys Leu Glu Asp865                 870                 875                 880 Asp AspLeu Ile Phe Ile Asn Pro Gln Val Pro Ile Glu Leu Asn His                885                 890                 895 Glu Lys LeuAsp Arg Ser Met Trp Gln Met Gly Leu His Gly Ile Lys            900                 905                 910 Lys Ser Ile SerMet Asn Gly Thr Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Leu Cys Ser        915                 920                 925 Cys Phe Ser Cys HisAsn Phe His Lys Phe Lys Asp Leu Ile Asn Asn    930                 935                 940 Leu Arg Leu Ala Leu GlyAla Gln Gly Leu Gly Gln Cys Asp Arg Val945                 950                 955                 960 Val PheAla Thr Thr Gly Pro Gly Leu Ser Lys Val Leu Glu Met Pro                965                 970                 975 Arg Ser LysLys Gln Ser Ile Leu Val Leu Glu Gly Ala Leu Ser Ile            980                 985                 990 Glu Thr Asp TyrGly Pro Lys Val Leu Gly Ser Phe Glu Val Phe Lys        995                 1000                1005 Gly Asp Phe His IleLys Lys Met Glu Glu Gly Ser Ile Phe Val Ile    1010                1015                1020 Thr Tyr Lys Ala Pro IleArg Ser Thr Gly Arg Leu Arg Val His Ser1025                1030                1035                1040 Ser GluCys Ser Phe Ser Gly Ser Lys Glu Val Leu Leu Gly Cys Gln                1045                1050                1055 Ile Glu AlaCys Ala Asp Tyr Asp Ile Asp Asp Phe Asn Thr Phe Ser            1060                1065                1070 Val Pro Gly AspGly Asn Cys Phe Trp His Ser Val Gly Phe Leu Leu        1075                1080                1085 Ser Thr Asp Gly LeuAla Leu Lys Ala Gly Ile Arg Ser Phe Val Glu    1090                1095                1100 Ser Glu Arg Leu Val SerPro Asp Leu Ser Ala Pro Ala Ile Ser Lys1105                1110                1115                1120 Gln LeuGlu Glu Asn Ala Tyr Ala Glu Asn Glu Met Ile Ala Leu Phe                1125                1130                1135 Cys Ile ArgHis His Val Arg Pro Ile Val Ile Thr Pro Glu Tyr Glu            1140                1145                1150 Val Ser Trp LysPhe Gly Glu Gly Glu Trp Pro Leu Cys Gly Ile Leu        1155                1160                1165 Cys Leu Lys Ser AsnHis Phe Gln Pro Cys Ala Pro Leu Asn Gly Cys    1170                1175                1180 Met Ile Thr Ala Ile AlaSer Ala Leu Gly Arg Arg Glu Val Asp Val1185                1190                1195                1200 Leu AsnTyr Leu Cys Arg Pro Ser Thr Asn His Ile Phe Glu Glu Leu                1205                1210                1215 Cys Gln GlyGly Gly Leu Asn Met Met Tyr Leu Ala Glu Ala Phe Glu            1220                1225                1230 Ala Phe Asp IleCys Ala Lys Cys Asp Ile Asn Gly Glu Ile Glu Val        1235                1240                1245 Ile Asn Pro Cys GlyLys Ile Ser Ala Leu Phe Asp Ile Thr Asn Glu    1250                1255                1260 His Ile Arg His Val GluLys Ile Gly Asn Gly Pro Gln Ser Ile Lys1265                1270                1275                1280 Val AspGlu Leu Arg Lys Val Lys Arg Ser Ala Leu Asp Phe Leu Ser                1285                1290                1295 Met Asn GlySer Lys Ile Thr Tyr Phe Pro Ser Phe Glu Arg Ala Glu            1300                1305                1310 Lys Leu Gln GlyCys Leu Leu Gly Gly Leu Thr Gly Val Ile Ser Asp        1315                1320                1325 Glu Lys Phe Ser AspAla Lys Pro Trp Leu Ser Gly Ile Ser Thr Thr    1330                1335                1340 Asp Ile Lys Pro Arg GluLeu Thr Val Val Leu Gly Thr Phe Gly Ala1345                1350                1355                1360 Gly LysSer Phe Leu Tyr Lys Ser Phe Met Lys Arg Ser Glu Gly Lys                1365                1370                1375 Phe Val ThrPhe Val Ser Pro Arg Arg Ala Leu Ala Asn Ser Ile Lys            1380                1385                1390 Asn Asp Leu GluMet Asp Asp Ser Cys Lys Val Ala Lys Ala Gly Arg        1395                1400                1405 Ser Lys Lys Glu GlyTrp Asp Val Val Thr Phe Glu Val Phe Leu Arg    1410                1415                1420 Lys Val Ala Gly Leu LysAla Gly His Cys Val Ile Phe Asp Glu Val1425                1430                1435                1440 Gln LeuPhe Pro Pro Gly Tyr Ile Asp Leu Cys Leu Leu Ile Ile Arg                1445                1450                1455 Ser Asp AlaPhe Ile Ser Leu Ala Gly Asp Pro Cys Gln Ser Thr Tyr            1460                1465                1470 Asp Ser Gln LysAsp Arg Ala Ile Leu Gly Ala Glu Gln Ser Asp Ile        1475                1480                1485 Leu Arg Leu Leu GluGly Lys Thr Tyr Arg Tyr Asn Ile Glu Ser Arg    1490                1495                1500 Arg Phe Val Asn Pro MetPhe Glu Ser Arg Leu Pro Cys His Phe Lys1505                1510                1515                1520 Lys GlySer Met Thr Ala Ala Phe Ala Asp Tyr Ala Ile Phe His Asn                1525                1530                1535 Met His AspPhe Leu Leu Ala Arg Ser Lys Gly Pro Leu Asp Ala Val            1540                1545                1550 Leu Val Ser SerPhe Glu Glu Lys Lys Ile Val Gln Ser Tyr Phe Gly        1555                1560                1565 Met Lys Gln Leu ThrLeu Thr Phe Gly Glu Ser Thr Gly Leu Asn Phe    1570                1575                1580 Lys Asn Gly Gly Ile LeuIle Ser His Asp Ser Phe His Thr Asp Asp1585                1590                1595                1600 Arg ArgTrp Leu Thr Ala Leu Ser Arg Phe Ser His Asn Leu Asp Leu                1605                1610                1615 Val Asn IleThr Gly Leu Arg Val Glu Ser Phe Leu Ser His Phe Ala            1620                1625                1630 Gly Lys Pro LeuTyr His Phe Leu Thr Ala Lys Ser Gly Glu Asn Val        1635                1640                1645 Ile Arg Asp Leu LeuPro Gly Glu Pro Asn Phe Phe Ser Gly Phe Asn    1650                1655                1660 Val Ser Ile Gly Lys AsnGlu Gly Val Arg Glu Glu Lys Leu Cys Gly1665                1670                1675                1680 Asp ProTrp Leu Lys Val Met Leu Phe Leu Gly Gln Asp Glu Asp Cys                1685                1690                1695 Glu Val GluGlu Met Glu Ser Glu Cys Ser Asn Glu Glu Trp Phe Lys            1700                1705                1710 Thr His Ile ProLeu Ser Asn Leu Glu Ser Thr Arg Ala Arg Trp Val        1715                1720                1725 Gly Lys Met Ala LeuLys Glu Tyr Arg Glu Val Arg Cys Gly Tyr Glu    1730                1735                1740 Met Thr Gln Gln Phe PheAsp Glu His Arg Gly Gly Thr Gly Glu Gln1745                1750                1755                1760 Leu SerAsn Ala Cys Glu Arg Phe Glu Ser Ile Tyr Pro Arg His Lys                1765                1770                1775 Gly Asn AspSer Ile Thr Phe Leu Met Ala Val Arg Lys Arg Leu Lys            1780                1785                1790 Phe Ser Lys ProGln Val Glu Ala Ala Lys Leu Arg Arg Ala Lys Pro        1795                1800                1805 Tyr Gly Lys Phe LeuLeu Asp Ser Phe Leu Ser Lys Ile Pro Leu Lys    1810                1815                1820 Ala Ser His Asn Ser IleMet Phe His Glu Ala Val Gln Glu Phe Glu1825                1830                1835                1840 Ala LysLys Ala Ser Lys Ser Ala Ala Thr Ile Glu Asn His Ala Gly                1845                1850                1855 Arg Ser CysArg Asp Trp Leu Leu Asp Val Ala Leu Ile Phe Met Lys            1860                1865                1870 Ser Gln His CysThr Lys Phe Asp Asn Arg Leu Arg Val Ala Lys Ala        1875                1880                1885 Gly Gln Thr Leu AlaCys Phe Gln His Ala Val Leu Val Arg Phe Ala    1890                1895                1900 Pro Tyr Met Arg Tyr IleGlu Lys Lys Leu Met Gln Ala Leu Lys Pro1905                1910                1915                1920 Asn PheTyr Ile His Ser Gly Lys Gly Leu Asp Glu Leu Asn Glu Trp                1925                1930                1935 Val Arg ThrArg Gly Phe Thr Gly Ile Cys Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu            1940                1945                1950 Ala Phe Asp AlaSer Gln Asp His Phe Ile Leu Ala Phe Glu Leu Gln        1955                1960                1965 Ile Met Lys Phe LeuGly Leu Pro Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Asp Tyr Glu    1970                1975                1980 Phe Ile Lys Ile His LeuGly Ser Lys Leu Gly Ser Phe Ser Ile Met1985                1990                1995                2000 Arg PheThr Gly Glu Ala Ser Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn                2005                2010                2015 Met Leu PheThr Phe Leu Arg Tyr Glu Leu Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile            2020                2025                2030 Ala Phe Ala GlyAsp Asp Met Cys Ala Asn Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys        2035                2040                2045 Thr Glu His Glu GlyPhe Leu Asn Met Ile Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val    2050                2055                2060 Gln Phe Val Ser Asn ProThr Phe Cys Gly Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu2065                2070                2075                2080 Gly IlePhe Lys Lys Pro Gln Leu Ile Trp Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala                2085                2090                2095 Arg Glu MetGly Asn Leu Glu Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu            2100                2105                2110 Val Ser Tyr AlaTyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu Ala Ile Glu Met Met Thr        2115                2120                2125 Glu Glu Glu Val GluAla His Tyr Asn Cys Val Arg Phe Leu Val Arg    2130                2135                2140 Asn Lys His Lys Met ArgCys Ser Ile Ser Gly Leu Phe Glu Ala Ile2145                2150                2155                2160 Asp

The replicase of SEQ. ID. No. 3 has a molecular weight of about 240 to246 kDa, preferably about 244 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV-1 ORF2) includesnucleotides 6578-7243 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule of RSPaV-1ORF2 encodes for a first protein or polypeptide of an RSPaV-1 triplegene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID.No. 4 as follows:

ATGAATAATT TAGTTAAAGC ATTGTCAGCA TTTGAGTTTG TAGGTGTTTT CAGTGTGCTT  60AAATTTCCAG TAGTCATTCA TAGTGTGCCT GGTAGTGGTA AAAGTAGTTT AATAAGGGAG 120CTAATTTCCG AGGATGAGAA TTTCATAGCT TTCACAGCAG GTGTTCCAGA CAGCCCTAAT 180CTCACAGGAA GGTACATTAA GCCTTATTCT CCAGGGTGTG CAGTGCCAGG GAAAGTTAAT 240ATACTTGATG AGTACTTGTC CGTCCAAGAT TTTTCAGGTT TTGATGTGCT GTTCTCGGAC 300CCATACCAAA ACATCAGCAT TCCTAAAGAG GCACATTTCA TCAAGTCAAA AACTTGTAGG 360TTTGGCGTGA ATACTTGCAA ATATCTTTCC TCCTTCGGTT TTAAGGTTAG CAGTGACGGT 420TTGGACAAAG TCATTGTGGG GTCGCCTTTT ACACTAGATG TTGAAGGGGT GCTAATATGC 480TTTGGTAAGG AGGCAGTGGA TCTCGCTGTT GCGCACAACT CTGAATTCAA ATTACCTTGT 540GAAGTTAGAG GTTCAACTTT TAACGTCGTA ACTCTTTTGA AATCAAGAGA TCCAACCCCA 600GAGGATAGGC ACTGGTTTTA CATTGCTGCT ACAAGACACA GGGAGAAATT GATAATCATG 660CAG 663

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has adeduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 5 as follows:

Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Val Gly Val1               5                   10                  15 Phe Ser ValLeu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Ile His Ser Val Pro Gly Ser            20                  25                  30 Gly Lys Ser SerLeu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu Asn Phe        35                  40                  45 Ile Ala Phe Thr AlaGly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr Gly Arg    50                  55                  60 Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr SerPro Gly Cys Ala Val Pro Gly Lys Val Asn65                  70                  75                  80 Ile LeuAsp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val Gln Asp Phe Ser Gly Phe Asp Val                85                  90                  95 Leu Phe SerAsp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser Ile Pro Lys Glu Ala His            100                 105                 110 Phe Ile Lys SerLys Thr Cys Arg Phe Gly Val Asn Thr Cys Lys Tyr        115                 120                 125 Leu Ser Ser Phe GlyPhe Lys Val Ser Ser Asp Gly Leu Asp Lys Val    130                 135                 140 Ile Val Gly Ser Pro PheThr Leu Asp Val Glu Gly Val Leu Ile Cys145                 150                 155                 160 Phe GlyLys Glu Ala Val Asp Leu Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser Glu Phe                165                 170                 175 Lys Leu ProCys Glu Val Arg Gly Ser Thr Phe Asn Val Val Thr Leu            180                 185                 190 Leu Lys Ser ArgAsp Pro Thr Pro Glu Asp Arg His Trp Phe Tyr Ile        195                 200                 205 Ala Ala Thr Arg HisArg Glu Lys Leu Ile Ile Met Gln    210                 215                 220

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has amolecular weight of about 20 to 26 kDa, preferably 24.4 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV-1 ORF3) includesnucleotides 7245-7598 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule of RSPaV-1ORF3 encodes for a second protein or polypeptide of the triple geneblock and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No.6 as follows:

ATGCCTTTTC AGCAGCCTGC GAATTGGGCA AAAACCATAA CTCCATTGAC AGTTGGCTTG  60GGCATTGGGC TTGTGCTGCA TTTTCTGAGG AAGTCAAATC TACCTTATTC AGGGGACAAC 120ATCCATCAAT TCCCTCACGG TGGGCGTTAC AGGGACGGTA CAAAAAGTAT AACTTACTGT 180GGTCCAAAGC AATCCTTCCC CAGCTCTGGG ATATTCGGCC AATCTGAGAA TTTTGTGCCC 240TTAATGCTTG TCATAGGTCT AATCGCATTC ATACATGTAT TGTCTGTTTG GAATTCTGGT 300CTTGGTAGGA ATTGTAATTG CCATCCAAAT CCTTGCTCAT GTAGACAGCA G 351

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has adeduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 7 as follows:

Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr Pro Leu1               5                   10                  15 Thr Val GlyLeu Gly Ile Gly Leu Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg Lys Ser            20                  25                  30 Asn Leu Pro TyrSer Gly Asp Asn Ile His Gln Phe Pro His Gly Gly        35                  40                  45 Arg Tyr Arg Asp GlyThr Lys Ser Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro Lys Gln    50                  55                  60 Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser GlyIle Phe Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe Val Pro65                  70                  75                  80 Leu MetLeu Val Ile Gly Leu Ile Ala Phe Ile His Val Leu Ser Val                85                  90                  95 Trp Asn SerGly Leu Gly Arg Asn Cys Asn Cys His Pro Asn Pro Cys            100                 105                 110 Ser Cys Arg GlnGln         115

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has amolecular weight of about 10 to 15 kDa, preferably 12.8 kDa.

Yet another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV-1 ORF4)includes nucleotides 7519-7761 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule ofRSPaV-1 ORF4 encodes for a third protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding toSEQ. ID. No. 8 as follows:

ATGTATTGTC TGTTTGGAAT TCTGGTCTTG GTAGGAATTG TAATTGCCAT CCAAATCCTT  60GCTCATGTAG ACAGCAGTAG TGGCAACCAC CAAGGTTGCT TCATTAGGGC CACTGGAGAG 120TCAATTTTGA TTGAAAACTG CGGCCCAAGT GAGGCCCTTG CATCCACTGT GAAGGAGGTG 180CTGGGAGGTT TGAAGGCTTT AGGGGTTAGC CGTGCTGTTG AAGAAATTGA TTATCATTGT 240

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has adeduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 9 as follows:

Met Tyr Cys Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu Val Gly Ile Val Ile Ala1               5                   10                  15 Ile Gln IleLeu Ala His Val Asp Ser Ser Ser Gly Asn His Gln Gly            20                  25                  30 Cys Phe Ile ArgAla Thr Gly Glu Ser Ile Leu Ile Glu Asn Cys Gly        35                  40                  45 Pro Ser Glu Ala LeuAla Ser Thr Val Lys Glu Val Leu Gly Gly Leu    50                  55                  60 Lys Ala Leu Gly Val SerArg Ala Val Glu Glu Ile Asp Tyr His Cys65                  70                  75                  80

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has amolecular weight of about 5 to 10 kDa, preferably 8.4 kDa.

Still another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV-1 ORF5)includes nucleotides 7771-8550 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule ofRSPaV-1 ORF5 encodes for a RSPaV-1 coat protein and comprises anucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 10 as follows:

ATGGCAAGTC AAATTGGGAA ACTCCCCGGT GAATCAAATG AGGCTTTTGA AGCCCGGCTA  60AAATCGCTGG AGTTAGCTAG AGCTCAAAAG CAGCCGGAAG GTTCTAATGC ACCACCTACT 120CTCAGTGGCA TTCTTGCCAA ACGCAAGAGG ATTATAGAGA ATGCACTTTC AAAGACGGTG 180GACATGAGGG AGGTTTTGAA ACACGAAACG GTGGTGATTT CCCCAAATGT CATGGATGAA 240GGTGCAATAG ACGAGCTGAT TCGTGCATTT GGTGAATCTG GCATAGCTGA AAGCGTGCAA 300TTTGATGTGG CCATAGATAT AGCACGTCAC TGCTCTGATG TTGGTAGCTC CCAGAGTTCA 360ACCCTGATTG GCAAGAGTCC ATTTTGTGAC CTAAACAGAT CAGAAATAGC TGGGATTATA 420AGGGAGGTGA CCACATTACG TAGATTTTGC ATGTACTATG CAAAAATCGT GTGGAACATC 480CATCTGGAGA CGGGGATACC ACCAGCTAAC TGGGCCAAGA AAGGATTTAA TGAGAATGAA 540AAGTTTGCAG CCTTTGATTT TTTCTTGGGA GTCACAGATG AGAGTGCGCT TGAACCAAAG 600GGTGGAATTA AAAGAGCTCC AACGAAAGCT GAGATGGTTG CTAATATCGC CTCTTTTGAG 660GTTCAAGTGC TCAGACAAGC TATGGCTGAA GGCAAGCGGA GTTCCAACCT TGGAGAGATT 720AGTGGTGGAA CGGCTGGTGC ACTCATCAAC AACCCCTTTT CAAATGTTAC ACATGAA 777

The RSPaV-1 coat protein has a deduced amino acid sequence correspondingto SEQ. ID. No. 11 as follows:

Met Ala Ser Gln Ile Gly Lys Leu Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu Ala Phe1               5                   10                  15 Glu Ala ArgLeu Lys Ser Leu Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys Gln Pro            20                  25                  30 Glu Gly Ser AsnAla Pro Pro Thr Leu Ser Gly Ile Leu Ala Lys Arg        35                  40                  45 Lys Arg Ile Ile GluAsn Ala Leu Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met Arg Glu    50                  55                  60 Val Leu Lys His Glu ThrVal Val Ile Ser Pro Asn Val Met Asp Glu65                  70                  75                  80 Gly AlaIle Asp Glu Leu Ile Arg Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly Ile Ala                85                  90                  95 Glu Ser ValGln Phe Asp Val Ala Ile Asp Ile Ala Arg His Cys Ser            100                 105                 110 Asp Val Gly SerSer Gln Ser Ser Thr Leu Ile Gly Lys Ser Pro Phe        115                 120                 125 Cys Asp Leu Asn ArgSer Glu Ile Ala Gly Ile Ile Arg Glu Val Thr    130                 135                 140 Thr Leu Arg Arg Phe CysMet Tyr Tyr Ala Lys Ile Val Trp Asn Ile145                 150                 155                 160 His LeuGlu Thr Gly Ile Pro Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Lys Gly Phe                165                 170                 175 Asn Glu AsnGlu Lys Phe Ala Ala Phe Asp Phe Phe Leu Gly Val Thr            180                 185                 190 Asp Glu Ser AlaLeu Glu Pro Lys Gly Gly Ile Lys Arg Ala Pro Thr        195                 200                 205 Lys Ala Glu Met ValAla Asn Ile Ala Ser Phe Glu Val Gln Val Leu    210                 215                 220 Arg Gln Ala Met Ala GluGly Lys Arg Ser Ser Asn Leu Gly Glu Ile225                 230                 235                 240 Ser GlyGly Thr Ala Gly Ala Leu Ile Asn Asn Pro Phe Ser Asn Val                245                 250                 255 Thr His Glu

The RSPaV-1 coat protein has a molecular weight of about 25 to 30 kDa,preferably 28 kDa.

The DNA molecule which constitutes the substantial portion of the RSPaVstrain RSP47-4 genome comprises the nucleotide sequence corresponding toSEQ. ID. No. 12 as follows:

GGCTGGGCAA ACTTTGGCCT GCTTTCAACA CGCCGTCTTG GTTCGCTTTG CACCCTACAT 60GCGATACATT GAAAAGAAGC TTGTGCAGGC ATTGAAACCA AATTTCTACA TTCATTCTGG 120CAAAGGTCTT GATGAGCTAA GTGAATGGGT TAGAGCCAGA GGTTTCACAG GTGTGTGTAC 180TGAGTCAGAC TATGAAGCTT TTGATGCATC CCAAGATCAT TTCATCCTGG CATTTGAACT 240GCAAATCATG AGATTTTTAG GACTGCCAGA AGATCTGATT TTAGATTATG AGTTCATCAA 300AATTCATCTT GGGTCAAAGC TTGGCTCTTT TGCAATTATG AGATTCACAG GTGAGGCAAG 360CACCTTCCTA TTCAATACTA TGGCCAACAT GCTATTCACT TTCCTGAGGT ATGAGTTGAC 420AGGTTCTGAA TCAATTGCAT TTGCTGGAGA TGATATGTGT GCTAATCGCA GGTTAAGACT 480CAAGACTGAG CACGCCGGCT TTCTAAACAT GATCTGTCTC AAAGCTAAGG TGCAGTTTGT 540CACAAATCCC ACCTTCTGTG GATGGTGTTT GTTTAAAGAG GGAATCTTTA AAAAACCCCA 600GCTCATTTGG GAAAGGATCT GCATTGCTAG GGAAATGGGT AACTTGGACA ATTGCATTGA 660CAATTACGCA ATTGAGGTGT CTTATGCTTA CAGACTTGGG GAATTGTCCA TAGGCGTGAT 720GACTGAGGAG GAAGTTGAAG CACATTCTAA CTGCGTGCGT TTCCTGGTTC GCAATAAGCA 780CAAGATGAGG TGCTCAATTT CTGGTTTGTT TGAAGTAATT GTTTAGGCCT TAAGTGTTTG 840GCATGGTGTG AGTATTATGA ATAACTTAGT CAAAGCTTTG TCTGCTTTTG AATTTGTTGG 900TGTGTTTTGT GTACTTAAAT TTCCAGTTGT TGTTCACAGT GTTCCAGGTA GCGGTAAAAG 960TAGCCTAATA AGGGAGCTCA TTTCTGAAGA CGAGGCTTTT GTGGCCTTTA CAGCAGGTGT 1020GCCAGACAGT CCAAATCTGA CAGGGAGGTA CATCAAGCCC TACGCTCCAG GGTGTGCAGT 1080GCAAGGGAAA ATAAACATAC TTGATGAGTA CTTGTCTGTC TCTGATACTT CTGGCTTTGA 1140TGTGCTGTTC TCAGACCCTT ACCAGAATGT CAGCATTCCA AGGGAGGCAC ACTTCATAAA 1200AACCAAAACC TGTAGGTTTG GTACCAACAC CTGCAAGTAC CTTCAATCTT TTGGCTTTAA 1260TGTTTGTAGT GATGGGGTGG ATAAAGTTGT TGTAGGGTCG CCATTTGAAC TGGAGGTTGA 1320GGGGGTTCTC ATTTGCTTTG GAAAGGAGGC TGTAGATCTA GCAGTTGCAC ACAATTCTGA 1380CTTCAAGTTG CCCTGCGAGG TGCGGGGTTC AACATTTGAC GTTGTAACGT TATTGAAGTC 1440CAGGGATCCA ACTTCAGAAG ATAAGCATTG GTTCTACGTT GCAGCCACAA GGCATCGAAG 1500TAAACTGATA ATAATGCAGT AAAATGCCTT TTCAGCAACC TGCCAACTGG GCTAAGACCA 1560TAACTCCATT AACTATTGGT TTGGGCATTG GGTTGGTTCT GCACTTCTTA AGGAAATCAA 1620ATCTGCCATA TTCAGGAGAC AATATTCACC AGTTCCCACA CGGAGGGCAT TACAGGGACG 1680GCACGAAGAG TATAACCTAT TGTGGCCCTA GGCAGTCATT CCCAAGCTCA GGAATATTCG 1740GTCAGTCTGA AAATTTCGTA CCTCTAATAT TGGTCGTGAC TCTGGTCGCT TTTATACATG 1800CGTTATCTCT TTGGAATTCT GGTCCTAGTA GGAGTTGCAA TTGCCATCCA AATCCTTGCA 1860CATGTAGACA GCAGTAGTGG CAACCATCAA GGCTGTTTCA TAAGAGCCAC CGGGGAGTCA 1920ATAGTAATTG AGAATTGTGG GCCGAGCGAG GCCCTAGCTG CTACAGTCAA AGAGGTGTTG 1980GGCGGTCTAA AGGCTTTAGG GGTTAGCCAA AAGGTTGATG AAATTAATTA CAGTTGTTGA 2040GACAGTTGAA TGGCAAGTCA AGTTGGAAAA TTGCCTGGCG AATCAAATGA AGCATATGAG 2100GCTAGACTCA AGGCTTTAGA GTTAGCAAGG GCCCAAAAAG CTCCAGAAGT CTCCAACCAA 2160CCTCCCACAC TTGGAGGCAT TCTAGCCAAA AGGAAAAGAG TGATTGAGAA TGCACTCTCA 2220AAGACAGTGG ATATGCGTGA AGTCTTAAGG CATGAATCTG TTGTACTCTC CCCGAATGTA 2280ATGGACGAGG GAGCAATAGA CGAGCTGATT CGTGCCTTTG GGGAGTCGGG CATAGCTGAA 2340AATGTGCAGT TTGATGTTGC AATAGACATT GCTCGCCACT GTTCTGATGT GGGGAGCTCT 2400CAGAGGTCAA CCCTTATTGG TAAAAGCCCC TTCTGTGAGT TAAATAGGTC TGAAATTGCC 2460GGAATAATAA GGGAGGTGAC CACGCTGCGC AGATTTTGCA TGTACTACGC AAAGATTGTG 2520TGGAACATCC ATTTGGAGAC GGGAATACCA CCAGCTAATT GGGCCAAGAA AGGATTTAAT 2580GAGAATGAAA AGTTTGCAGC CTTTGACTTC TTCCTTGGAG TCACAGATGA AAGCGCGCTT 2640GAGCCTAAGG GTGGAGTCAA GAGAGCTCCA ACAAAAGCAG 2680

The RSP47-4 strain contains five open reading frames (i.e., ORF1-5).ORF1 and ORF5 are only partially sequenced. RSP47-4 is 79% identical innucleotides sequence to the corresponding region of RSPaV-1. The aminoacid sequence identifies between the corresponding ORFs of RSP47-4 andRSPaV-1 are: 94.1% for ORF1, 88.2% for ORF2, 88.9% for ORF3, 86.2% forORF4, and 92.9% for ORF5. The nucleotide sequences of the five potentialORFs or RSP47-4 are given below.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 incomplete ORF1)includes nucleotides 1-768 of SEQ. ID. No. 12. This DNA molecule isbelieved to code for a polypeptide portion of a RSP47-4 replicase andcomprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 13 asfollows:

ATGCGATACA TTGAAAAGAA GCTTGTGCAG GCATTGAAAC CAAATTTCTA CATTCATTCT  60GGCAAAGGTC TTGATGAGCT AAGTGAATGG GTTAGAGCCA GAGGTTTCAC AGGTGTGTGT 120ACTGAGTCAG ACTATGAAGC TTTTGATGCA TCCCAAGATC ATTTCATCCT GGCATTTGAA 180CTGCAAATCA TGAGATTTTT AGGACTGCCA GAAGATCTGA TTTTAGATTA TGAGTTCATC 240AAAATTCATC TTGGGTCAAA GCTTGGCTCT TTTGCAATTA TGAGATTCAC AGGTGAGGCA 300AGCACCTTCC TATTCAATAC TATGGCCAAC ATGCTATTCA CTTTCCTGAG GTATGAGTTG 360ACAGGTTCTG AATCAATTGC ATTTGCTGGA GATGATATGT GTGCTAATCG CAGGTTAAGA 420CTCAAGACTG AGCACGCCGG CTTTCTAAAC ATGATCTGTC TCAAAGCTAA GGTGCAGTTT 480GTCACAAATC CCACCTTCTG TGGATGGTGT TTGTTTAAAG AGGGAATCTT TAAAAAACCC 540CAGCTCATTT GGGAAAGGAT CTGCATTGCT AGGGAAATGG GTAACTTGGA CAATTGCATT 600GACAATTACG CAATTGAGGT GTCTTATGCT TACAGACTTG GGGAATTGTC CATAGGCGTG 660ATGACTGAGG AGGAAGTTGA AGCACATTCT AACTGCGTGC GTTTCCTGGT TCGCAATAAG 720CACAAGATGA GGTGCTCAAT TTCTGGTTTG TTTGAAGTAA TTGTTTA 767

The polypeptide has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ.ID. No. 14 as follows:

Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Lys Lys Leu Val Gln Ala Leu Lys Pro Asn Phe1               5                   10                  15 Tyr Ile HisSer Gly Lys Gly Leu Asp Glu Leu Ser Glu Trp Val Arg            20                  25                  30 Ala Arg Gly PheThr Gly Val Cys Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu Ala Phe        35                  40                  45 Asp Ala Ser Gln AspHis Phe Ile Leu Ala Phe Glu Leu Gln Ile Met    50                  55                  60 Arg Phe Leu Gly Leu ProGlu Asp Leu Ile Leu Asp Tyr Glu Phe Ile65                  70                  75                  80 Lys IleHis Leu Gly Ser Lys Leu Gly Ser Phe Ala Ile Met Arg Phe                85                  90                  95 Thr Gly GluAla Ser Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn Met Leu            100                 105                 110 Phe Thr Phe LeuArg Tyr Glu Leu Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile Ala Phe        115                 120                 125 Ala Gly Asp Asp MetCys Ala Asn Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys Thr Glu    130                 135                 140 His Ala Gly Phe Leu AsnMet Ile Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val Gln Phe145                 150                 155                 160 Val ThrAsn Pro Thr Phe Cys Gly Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu Gly Ile                165                 170                 175 Phe Lys LysPro Gln Leu Ile Trp Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala Arg Glu            180                 185                 190 Met Gly Asn LeuAsp Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Ser        195                 200                 205 Tyr Ala Tyr Arg LeuGly Glu Leu Ser Ile Gly Val Met Thr Glu Glu    210                 215                 220 Glu Val Glu Ala His SerAsn Cys Val Arg Phe Leu Val Arg Asn Lys225                 230                 235                 240 His LysMet Arg Cys Ser Ile Ser Gly Leu Phe Glu Val Ile Val                245                 250                 255

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 ORF2) includesnucleotides 857-1522 of SEQ. ID. No. 12. This DNA molecule codes for afirst protein or polypeptide of an RSP47-4 triple gene block andcomprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 15 asfollows:

ATGAATAACT TAGTCAAAGC TTTGTCTGCT TTTGAATTTG TTGGTGTGTT TTGTGTACTT  60AAATTTCCAG TTGTTGTTCA CAGTGTTCCA GGTAGCGGTA AAAGTAGCCT AATAAGGGAG 120CTCATTTCTG AAGACGAGGC TTTTGTGGCC TTTACAGCAG GTGTGCCAGA CAGTCCAAAT 180CTGACAGGGA GGTACATCAA GCCCTACGCT CCAGGGTGTG CAGTGCAAGG GAAAATAAAC 240ATACTTGATG AGTACTTGTC TGTCTCTGAT ACTTCTGGCT TTGATGTGCT GTTCTCAGAC 300CCTTACCAGA ATGTCAGCAT TCCAAGGGAG GCACACTTCA TAAAAACCAA AACCTGTAGG 360TTTGGTACCA ACACCTGCAA GTACCTTCAA TCTTTTGGCT TTAATGTTTG TAGTGATGGG 420GTGGATAAAG TTGTTGTAGG GTCGCCATTT GAACTGGAGG TTGAGGGGGT TCTCATTTGC 480TTTGGAAAGG AGGCTGTAGA TCTAGCAGTT GCACACAATT CTGACTTCAA GTTGCCCTGC 540GAGGTGCGGG GTTCAACATT TGACGTTGTA ACGTTATTGA AGTCCAGGGA TCCAACTTCA 600GAAGATAAGC ATTGGTTCTA CGTTGCAGCC ACAAGGCATC GAAGTAAACT GATAATAATG 660CAGTAA 666

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has adeduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 16 as follows:

Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Val Gly Val1               5                   10                  15 Phe Cys ValLeu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Val His Ser Val Pro Gly Ser            20                  25                  30 Gly Lys Ser SerLeu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu Ala Phe        35                  40                  45 Val Ala Phe Thr AlaGly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr Gly Arg    50                  55                  60 Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr AlaPro Gly Cys Ala Val Gln Gly Lys Ile Asn65                  70                  75                  80 Ile LeuAsp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val Ser Asp Thr Ser Gly Phe Asp Val                85                  90                  95 Leu Phe SerAsp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Val Ser Ile Pro Arg Glu Ala His            100                 105                 110 Phe Ile Lys ThrLys Thr Cys Arg Phe Gly Thr Asn Thr Cys Lys Tyr        115                 120                 125 Leu Gln Ser Phe GlyPhe Asn Val Cys Ser Asp Gly Val Asp Lys Val    130                 135                 140 Val Val Gly Ser Pro PheGlu Leu Glu Val Glu Gly Val Leu Ile Cys145                 150                 155                 160 Phe GlyLys Glu Ala Val Asp Leu Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser Asp Phe                165                 170                 175 Lys Leu ProCys Glu Val Arg Gly Ser Thr Phe Asp Val Val Thr Leu            180                 185                 190 Leu Lys Ser ArgAsp Pro Thr Ser Glu Asp Lys His Trp Phe Tyr Val        195                 200                 205 Ala Ala Thr Arg HisArg Ser Lys Leu Ile Ile Met Gln    210                 215                 220

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has amolecular weight of about 20 to 26 kDa., preferably 24.3 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 ORF3) includesnucleotides 1524-1877 of SEQ ID No. 12. This DNA molecule codes for asecond protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block andcomprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 17 asfollows:

ATGCCTTTTC AGCAACCTGC CAACTGGGCT AAGACCATAA CTCCATTAAC TATTGGTTTG  60GGCATTGGGT TGGTTCTGCA CTTCTTAAGG AAATCAAATC TGCCATATTC AGGAGACAAT 120ATTCACCAGT TCCCACACGG AGGGCATTAC AGGGACGGCA CGAAGAGTAT AACCTATTGT 180GGCCCTAGGC AGTCATTCCC AAGCTCAGGA ATATTCGGTC AGTCTGAAAA TTTCGTACCT 240CTAATATTGG TCGTGACTCT GGTCGCTTTT ATACATGCGT TATCTCTTTG GAATTCTGGT 300CCTAGTAGGA GTTGCAATTG CCATCCAAAT CCTTGCACAT GTAGACAGCA GTAG 354

The second protein or polypeptide for the RSP47-4 triple gene block hasa deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 18 asfollows:

Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr Pro Leu1               5                   10                  15 Thr Ile GlyLeu Gly Ile Gly Leu Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg Lys Ser            20                  25                  30 Asn Leu Pro TyrSer Gly Asp Asn Ile His Gln Phe Pro His Gly Gly        35                  40                  45 His Tyr Arg Asp GlyThr Lys Ser Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro Arg Gln    50                  55                  60 Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser GlyIle Phe Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe Val Pro65                  70                  75                  80 Leu IleLeu Val Val Thr Leu Val Ala Phe Ile His Ala Leu Ser Leu                85                  90                  95 Trp Asn SerGly Pro Ser Arg Ser Cys Asn Cys His Pro Asn Pro Cys            100                 105                 110 Thr Cys Arg GlnGln         115

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has amolecular weight of about 10 to 15 kDa., preferably 12.9 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 ORF4) includesnucleotides 1798-2040 of SEQ. ID. No. 12. This DNA molecule codes for athird protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block andcomprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 19 asfollows:

ATGCGTTATC TCTTTGGAAT TCTGGTCCTA GTAGGAGTTG CAATTGCCAT CCAAATCCTT  60GCACATGTAG ACAGCAGTAG TGGCAACCAT CAAGGCTGTT TCATAAGAGC CACCGGGGAG 120TCAATAGTAA TTGAGAATTG TGGGCCGAGC GAGGCCCTAG CTGCTACAGT CAAAGAGGTG 180TTGGGCGGTC TAAAGGCTTT AGGGGTTAGC CAAAAGGTTG ATGAAATTAA TTACAGTTGT 240TGA 243

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has adeduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 20 as follows:

Met Arg Tyr Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu Val Gly Val Ala Ile Ala1               5                   10                  15 Ile Gln IleLeu Ala His Val Asp Ser Ser Ser Gly Asn His Gln Gly            20                  25                  30 Cys Phe Ile ArgAla Thr Gly Glu Ser Ile Val Ile Glu Asn Cys Gly        35                  40                  45 Pro Ser Glu Ala LeuAla Ala Thr Val Lys Glu Val Leu Gly Gly Leu    50                  55                  60 Lys Ala Leu Gly Val SerGln Lys Val Asp Glu Ile Asn Tyr Ser Cys65                  70                  75                  80

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has amolecular weight of about 5 to 10 kDa., preferably 8.3 kDa.

Yet another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 ORF5)includes nucleotides 2050-2680 of SEQ ID. No. 12. This DNA moleculecodes for a partial RSP47-4 coat protein or polypeptide and comprises anucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 21 as follows:

ATGGCAAGTC AAGTTGGAAA ATTGCCTGGC GAATCAAATG AAGCATATGA GGCTAGACTC  60AAGGCTTTAG AGTTAGCAAG GGCCCAAAAA GCTCCAGAAG TCTCCAACCA ACCTCCCACA 120CTTGGAGGCA TTCTAGCCAA AAGGAAAAGA GTGATTGAGA ATGCACTCTC AAAGACAGTG 180GATATGCGTG AAGTCTTAAG GCATGAATCT GTTGTACTCT CCCCGAATGT AATGGACGAG 240GGAGCAATAG ACGAGCTGAT TCGTGCCTTT GGGGAGTCGG GCATAGCTGA AAATGTGCAG 300TTTGATGTTG CAATAGACAT TGCTCGCCAC TGTTCTGATG TGGGGAGCTC TCAGAGGTCA 360ACCCTTATTG GTAAAAGCCC CTTCTGTGAG TTAAATAGGT CTGAAATTGC CGGAATAATA 420AGGGAGGTGA CCACGCTGCG CAGATTTTGC ATGTACTACG CAAAGATTGT GTGGAACATC 480CATTTGGAGA CGGGAATACC ACCAGCTAAT TGGGCCAAGA AAGGATTTAA TGAGAATGAA 540AAGTTTGCAG CCTTTGACTT CTTCCTTGGA GTCACAGATG AAAGCGCGCT TGAGCCTAAG 600GGTGGAGTCA AGAGAGCTCC AACAAAAGCA G 631

The polypeptide has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ.ID. No. 22 as follows:

Met Ala Ser Gln Val Gly Lys Leu Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu Ala Tyr1               5                   10                  15 Glu Ala ArgLeu Lys Ala Leu Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys Ala Pro            20                  25                  30 Glu Val Ser AsnGln Pro Pro Thr Leu Gly Gly Ile Leu Ala Lys Arg        35                  40                  45 Lys Arg Val Ile GluAsn Ala Leu Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met Arg Glu    50                  55                  60 Val Leu Arg His Glu SerVal Val Leu Ser Pro Asn Val Met Asp Glu65                  70                  75                  80 Gly AlaIle Asp Glu Leu Ile Arg Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly Ile Ala                85                  90                  95 Glu Asn ValGln Phe Asp Val Ala Ile Asp Ile Ala Arg His Cys Ser            100                 105                 110 Asp Val Gly SerSer Gln Arg Ser Thr Leu Ile Gly Lys Ser Pro Phe        115                 120                 125 Cys Glu Leu Asn ArgSer Glu Ile Ala Gly Ile Ile Arg Glu Val Thr    130                 135                 140 Thr Leu Arg Arg Phe CysMet Tyr Tyr Ala Lys Ile Val Trp Asn Ile145                 150                 155                 160 His LeuGlu Thr Gly Ile Pro Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Lys Gly Phe                165                 170                 175 Asn Glu AsnGlu Lys Phe Ala Ala Phe Asp Phe Phe Leu Gly Val Thr            180                 185                 190 Asp Glu Ser AlaLeu Glu Pro Lys Gly Gly Val Lys Arg Ala Pro Thr        195                 200                 205 Lys Ala     210

The DNA molecule which constitutes a substantial portion of the RSPaVstrain RSP158 genome comprises the nucleotide sequence corresponding toSEQ. ID. No. 23 as follows:

GAAGCTAGCA CATTTCTGTT CAACACTATG GCTAACATGT TGTTCACTTT TCTGAGATAT 60GAACTGACGG GTTCAGAGTC AATAGCATTT GCAGGGGATG ATATGTGTGC TAATAGAAGG 120TTGCGGCTTA AAACGGAGCA TGAGGGTTTT CTGAACATGA TCTGCCTTAA GGCCAAGGTT 180CAGTTTGTTT CCAACCCCAC ATTCTGTGGA TGGTGCTTAT TTAAGGAGGG AATCTTCAAG 240AAACCTCAAC TAATTTGGGA GCGAATATGC ATAGCCAGAG AGATGGGCAA TCTGGAGAAC 300TGTATTGACA ATTATGCGAT AGAAGTGTCC TATGCATATA GATTGGGTGA GCTATCAATT 360GAAATGATGA CAGAAGAAGA AGTGGAGGCA CACTACAATT GTGTGAGGTT CCTGGTTAGG 420AACAAGCATA AGATGAGGTG CTCAATTTCA GGCCTGTTTG AAGTGGTTGA TTAGGCCTTA 480AGTATTTGGC GTTGTTCGAG TTATTATGAA TAATTTAGTT AAAGCATTAT CAGCCTTCGA 540GTTTATAGGT GTTTTCAATG TGCTCAAATT TCCAGTTGTT ATACATAGTG TGCCTGGTAG 600TGGTAAGAGT AGCTTAATAA GGGAATTAAT CTCAGAGGAC GAGAGTTTCG TGGCTTTCAC 660AGCAGGTGTT CCAGACAGTC CTAACCTCAC AGGGAGGTAC ATCAAGCCTT ACTCACCAGG 720ATGCGCAGTG CAAGGAAAAG TGAATATACT TGATGAGTAC TTGTCCGTTC AAGACATTTC 780GGGTTTTGAT GTACTGTTTT CAGACCCGTA CCAGAATATC AGTATTCCCC AAGAGGCGCA 840TTTCATTAAG TCCAAGACTT GTAGGTTTGG TGTGAACACT TGCAAATACC TTTCCTCTTT 900CGGTTTCGAA GTTAGCAGCG ACGGGCTGGA CGACGTCATT GTGGGATCGC CCTTCACTCT 960AGATGTTGAA GGGGTGCTGA TATGTTTTGG CAAGGAGGCG GTAGATCTCG CTGTTGCGCA 1020CAACTCTGAA TTCAAGTTGC CGTGTGAGGT TCGAGGTTCA ACCTTCAATG TGGTAACCCT 1080TTTGAAATCA AGAGACCCAA CCCCAGAGGA CAGGCACTGG TTTTACATCG CTGCCACAAG 1140ACATAGGAAG AAATTGGTCA TTATGCAGTA AAATGCCTTT TCAGCAGCCT GCTAATTGGG 1200CAAAAACCAT AACTCCATTG ACTATTGGCT TAGGAATTGG ACTTGTGCTG CATTTTCTGA 1260GAAAGTCAAA TCTACCATAT TCAGGAGACA ACATCCATCA ATTTCCTCAC GGGGGGCGTT 1320ACCGGGACGG CACAAAAAGT ATAACTTACT GTGGCCCTAA GCAGTCCTTC CCCAGTTCAG 1380GAATATTTGG TCAGTCTGAG AATTTTGTGC CCTTAATGCT TGTCATAGGT CTAATTGCAT 1440TCATACATGT ATTGTCTGTT TGGAATTCTG GTCTTGGTAG GAATTGCAAT TGCCATCCAA 1500ATCCTTGCTC ATGTAGACAA CAGTAGTGGC AGTCACCAAG GTTGCTTTAT CAGGGCCACT 1560GGAGAGTCTA TTTTGATTGA AAATTGTGGC CCAAGCGAGG CCCTTGCATC AACAGTGAGG 1620GAGGTGTTGG GGGGTTTGAA GGCTTTAGGA ATTAGCCATA CTACTGAAGA AATTGATTAT 1680CGTTGTTAAA TTGGTTAAAT GGCGAGTCAA GTTGGTAAGC TCCCCGGAGA ATCAAATGAG 1740GCATTTGAAG CCCGGCTGAA ATCACTGGAG TTGGCTAGAG CTCAAAAGCA GCCAGAAGGT 1800TCAAACACAC CGCCTACTCT CAGTGGTGTG CTTGCCAAAC GTAAGAGGGT TATTGAGAAT 1860GCACTCTCAA AGACAGTGGA CATGAGGGAG GTGTTGAAAC ACGAAACGGT TGTAATTTCC 1920CCAAATGTCA TGGATGAGGG TGCAATAGAT GAACTGATTC GTGCATTCGG AGAATCAGGC 1980ATAGCTGAGA GCGCACAATT TGATGTGGC 2009

The RSP158 strain contains five open reading frames (i.e., ORF1-5). ORF1and ORF5 are only partially sequenced. The nucleotide sequence of RSP158is 87.6% identical to the corresponding region of RSPaV-1 (type strain).The numbers of amino acid residues of corresponding ORFs of RSP158 andRSPaV-1 (type strain) are exactly the same. In addition, the amino acidsequences of these ORFs have high identities to those of RSPaV-1; 99.3%for ORF1, 95% for ORF2, 99.1% for ORF3, 88.8% for ORF4, and 95.1% forORF5. The nucleotide and amino acid sequence information of the RSP158ORFs are described below.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 incomplete ORF1)includes nucleotides 1-447 of SEQ. ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule isbelieved to code for a polypeptide portion of a RSP158 replicase andcomprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 24 asfollows:

GAAGCTAGCA CATTTCTGTT CAACACTATG GCTAACATGT TGTTCACTTT TCTGAGATAT  60GAACTGACGG GTTCAGAGTC AATAGCATTT GCAGGGGATG ATATGTGTGC TAATAGAAGG 120TTGCGGCTTA AAACGGAGCA TGAGGGTTTT CTGAACATGA TCTGCCTTAA GGCCAAGGTT 180CAGTTTGTTT CCAACCCCAC ATTCTGTGGA TGGTGCTTAT TTAAGGAGGG AATCTTCAAG 240AAACCTCAAC TAATTTGGGA GCGAATATGC ATAGCCAGAG AGATGGGCAA TCTGGAGAAC 300TGTATTGACA ATTATGCGAT AGAAGTGTCC TATGCATATA GATTGGGTGA GCTATCAATT 360GAAATGATGA CAGAAGAAGA AGTGGAGGCA CACTACAATT GTGTGAGGTT CCTGGTTAGG 420AACAAGCATA AGATGAGGTG CTCAATT 447

The polypeptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. No. 24has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 25 asfollows:

Glu Ala Ser Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn Met Leu Phe Thr1               5                   10                  15 Phe Leu ArgTyr Glu Leu Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile Ala Phe Ala Gly            20                  25                  30 Asp Asp Met CysAla Asn Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys Thr Glu His Glu        35                  40                  45 Gly Phe Leu Asn MetIle Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val Gln Phe Val Ser    50                  55                  60 Asn Pro Thr Phe Cys GlyTrp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu Gly Ile Phe Lys65                  70                  75                  80 Lys ProGln Leu Ile Trp Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala Arg Glu Met Gly                85                  90                  95 Asn Leu GluAsn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Ser Tyr Ala            100                 105                 110 Tyr Arg Leu GlyGlu Leu Ser Ile Glu Met Met Thr Glu Glu Glu Val        115                 120                 125 Glu Ala His Tyr AsnCys Val Arg Phe Leu Val Arg Asn Lys His Lys    130                 135                 140 Met Arg Cys Ser Ile 145

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 ORF2) includesnucleotides 506-1171 of SEQ. ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule codes for afirst protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block andcomprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 26 asfollows:

ATGAATAATT TAGTTAAAGC ATTATCAGCC TTCGAGTTTA TAGGTGTTTT CAATGTGCTC  60AAATTTCCAG TTGTTATACA TAGTGTGCCT GGTAGTGGTA AGAGTAGCTT AATAAGGGAA 120TTAATCTCAG AGGACGAGAG TTTCGTGGCT TTCACAGCAG GTGTTCCAGA CAGTCCTAAC 180CTCACAGGGA GGTACATCAA GCCTTACTCA CCAGGATGCG CAGTGCAAGG AAAAGTGAAT 240ATACTTGATG AGTACTTGTC CGTTCAAGAC ATTTCGGGTT TTGATGTACT GTTTTCAGAC 300CCGTACCAGA ATATCAGTAT TCCCCAAGAG GCGCATTTCA TTAAGTCCAA GACTTGTAGG 360TTTGGTGTGA ACACTTGCAA ATACCTTTCC TCTTTCGGTT TCGAAGTTAG CAGCGACGGG 420CTGGACGACG TCATTGTGGG ATCGCCCTTC ACTCTAGATG TTGAAGGGGT GCTGATATGT 480TTTGGCAAGG AGGCGGTAGA TCTCGCTGTT GCGCACAACT CTGAATTCAA GTTGCCGTGT 540GAGGTTCGAG GTTCAACCTT CAATGTGGTA ACCCTTTTGA AATCAAGAGA CCCAACCCCA 600GAGGACAGGC ACTGGTTTTA CATCGCTGCC ACAAGACATA GGAAGAAATT GGTCATTATG 660CAGTAA 666

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has adeduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 27 as follows:

Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Ile Gly Val1               5                   10                  15 Phe Asn ValLeu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Ile His Ser Val Pro Gly Ser            20                  25                  30 Gly Lys Ser SerLeu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu Ser Phe        35                  40                  45 Val Ala Phe Thr AlaGly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr Gly Arg    50                  55                  60 Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr SerPro Gly Cys Ala Val Gln Gly Lys Val Asn65                  70                  75                  80 Ile LeuAsp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val Gln Asp Ile Ser Gly Phe Asp Val                85                  90                  95 Leu Phe SerAsp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser Ile Pro Gln Glu Ala His            100                 105                 110 Phe Ile Lys SerLys Thr Cys Arg Phe Gly Val Asn Thr Cys Lys Tyr        115                 120                 125 Leu Ser Ser Phe GlyPhe Glu Val Ser Ser Asp Gly Leu Asp Asp Val    130                 135                 140 Ile Val Gly Ser Pro PheThr Leu Asp Val Glu Gly Val Leu Ile Cys145                 150                 155                 160 Phe GlyLys Glu Ala Val Asp Leu Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser Glu Phe                165                 170                 175 Lys Leu ProCys Glu Val Arg Gly Ser Thr Phe Asn Val Val Thr Leu            180                 185                 190 Leu Lys Ser ArgAsp Pro Thr Pro Glu Asp Arg His Trp Phe Tyr Ile        195                 200                 205 Ala Ala Thr Arg HisArg Lys Lys Leu Val Ile Met Gln    210                 215                 220

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has amolecular weight of about 20 to 26 kDa., preferably 24.4 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 ORF3) includesnucleotides 1173-1526 of SEQ. ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule codes for asecond protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block andcomprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 28 asfollows:

ATGCCTTTTC AGCAGCCTGC TAATTGGGCA AAAACCATAA CTCCATTGAC TATTGGCTTA  60GGAATTGGAC TTGTGCTGCA TTTTCTGAGA AAGTCAAATC TACCATATTC AGGAGACAAC 120ATCCATCAAT TTCCTCACGG GGGGCGTTAC CGGGACGGCA CAAAAAGTAT AACTTACTGT 180GGCCCTAAGC AGTCCTTCCC CAGTTCAGGA ATATTTGGTC AGTCTGAGAA TTTTGTGCCC 240TTAATGCTTG TCATAGGTCT AATTGCATTC ATACATGTAT TGTCTGTTTG GAATTCTGGT 300CTTGGTAGGA ATTGCAATTG CCATCCAAAT CCTTGCTCAT GTAGACAACA GTAG 354

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block as adeduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 29 as follows:

Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr Pro Leu1               5                   10                  15 Thr Ile GlyLeu Gly Ile Gly Leu Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg Lys Ser            20                  25                  30 Asn Leu Pro TyrSer Gly Asp Asn Ile His Gln Phe Pro His Gly Gly        35                  40                  45 Arg Tyr Arg Asp GlyThr Lys Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro Lys Gln Ser    50                  55                  60 Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly IlePhe Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe Val Pro Leu65                  70                  75                  80 Met LeuVal Ile Gly Leu Ile Ala Phe Ile His Val Leu Ser Val Trp                85                  90                  95 Asn Ser GlyLeu Gly Arg Asn Cys Asn Cys His Pro Asn Pro Cys Ser            100                 105                 110 Cys Arg Gln Gln        115

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has amolecular weight of about 10 to 15 kDa., preferably 12.9 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 ORF4) includesnucleotides 1447-1689 of SEQ. ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule codes for athird protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block andcomprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 30 asfollows:

ATGTATTGTC TGTTTGGAAT TCTGGTCTTG GTAGGAATTG CAATTGCCAT CCAAATCCTT  60GCTCATGTAG ACAACAGTAG TGGCAGTCAC CAAGGTTGCT TTATCAGGGC CACTGGAGAG 120TCTATTTTGA TTGAAAATTG TGGCCCAAGC GAGGCCCTTG CATCAACAGT GAGGGAGGTG 180TTGGGGGGTT TGAAGGCTTT AGGAATTAGC CATACTACTG AAGAAATTGA TTATCGTTGT 240TAA 243

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has adeduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 31 as follows:

Met Tyr Cys Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu Val Gly Ile Ala Ile Ala1               5                   10                  15 Ile Gln IleLeu Ala His Val Asp Asn Ser Ser Gly Ser His Gln Gly            20                  25                  30 Cys Phe Ile ArgAla Thr Gly Glu Ser Ile Leu Ile Glu Asn Cys Gly        35                  40                  45 Pro Ser Glu Ala LeuAla Ser Thr Val Arg Glu Val Leu Gly Gly Leu    50                  55                  60 Lys Ala Leu Gly Ile SerHis Thr Thr Glu Glu Ile Asp Tyr Arg Cys65                  70                  75                  80

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has amolecular weight of about 5 to 10 kDa., preferably 8.4 kDa.

Yet another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 ORF5) includesnucleotides 1699-2009 of SEQ ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule codes for apartial RSP158 coat protein or polypeptide and comprises a nucleotidesequence corresponding to SEQ ID. No. 32 as follows:

ATGGCGAGTC AAGTTGGTAA GCTCCCCGGA GAATCAAATG AGGCATTTGA AGCCCGGCTG  60AAATCACTGG AGTTGGCTAG AGCTCAAAAG CAGCCAGAAG GTTCAAACAC ACCGCCTACT 120CTCAGTGGTG TGCTTGCCAA ACGTAAGAGG GTTATTGAGA ATGCACTCTC AAAGACAGTG 180GACATGAGGG AGGTGTTGAA ACACGAAACG GTTGTAATTT CCCCAAATGT CATGGATGAG 240GGTGCAATAG ATGAACTGAT TCGTGCATTC GGAGAATCAG GCATAGCTGA GAGCGCACAA 300TTTGATGTGG C 311

The polypeptide has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQID No. 33 as follows:

Met Ala Ser Gln Val Gly Lys Leu Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu Ala Phe1               5                   10                  15 Glu Ala ArgLeu Lys Ser Leu Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys Gln Pro            20                  25                  30 Glu Gly Ser AsnThr Pro Pro Thr Leu Ser Gly Val Leu Ala Lys Arg        35                  40                  45 Lys Arg Val Ile GluAsn Ala Leu Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met Arg Glu    50                  55                  60 Val Leu Lys His Glu ThrVal Val Ile Ser Pro Asn Val Met Asp Glu65                  70                  75                  80 Gly AlaIle Asp Glu Leu Ile Arg Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly Ile Ala                85                  90                  95 Glu Ser AlaGln Phe Asp Val             100

The following seven cDNA clones are located at the central part of theORF1 of RSPaV-1 and all have high identities (83.6-98.4%) in nucleotidesequence with the comparable regions of RSPaV-1. When their nucleotidesequences are aligned with MegAlign (DNA Star), a highly conservedregion of ca. 600 nucleotides was found. The universal primersBM98-3F/BM98-3R (SEQ. ID. Nos. 51 and 52, infra) were designed based onthe conserved nucleotide sequences of this region.

Portions of the genome from yet other strains of Rupestris stem pittingassociated viruses have also been isolated and sequenced. These includestrains designated 140/94-19 (T7+R1), 140/94-24 (T7+R1), 140/94-2(T3+F1), 140/94+42 (T7+R1), 140/94-64 (T7+R1), 140-94-72 (T7+R1), and140/94-6 (T3+BM98-3F+F2).

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-19 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No.34 as follows:

GCAGGATTGA AGGCTGGCCA CTGTGTGATT TTTGATGAGG TCCAGTTGTT TCCTCCTGGA 60TACATCGATC TATGCTTGCT TATTATACGT AGTGATGCTT TCATTTCACT TGCCGGTGAT 120CCATGTCAAA GCACATATGA TTCGCAAAAG GATCGGGCAA TTTTGGGCGC TGAGCAGAGT 180GACATACTTA GAATGCTTGA GGGCAAAACG TATAGGTATA ACATAGAAAG CAGGAGGTTT 240GTGAACCCAA TGTTCGAATC AAGACTGCCA TGTCACTTCA AAAAGGGTTC GATGACTGCC 300GCTTTCGCTG ATTATGCAAT CTTCCATAAT ATGCATGACT TTCTCCTGGC GAGGTCAAAA 360GGTCCTTTGG ATGCCGTTTT GGTTTCCAGT TTTGAGGAGA AAAAGATAGT CCAGTCCTAC 420TTTGGAATGA AACAGCTCAC ACTCACATTT GGTGAATCAA CTGGGTTGAA TTTCAAAAAT 480GGGGGAATTC TCATATCACA TGATTCCTTT CACACAGATG ATCGGCCGGT GGCTTACTGC 540TTTATCTCGC TTCAGCCACA ATTTGGATTT GGTGAACATT ACAGGTCTGA GGGTGGAAAG 600TTTCCTCTCG CACTTTGCTG GCAAACCCCT CTACCATTTT TTAACAGCCA AAAGTGGGGA 660GAATGTCATA CGAGATTTGC TCCCAGGTGA GCCTAACTTC TTCAGTGGCT TTAACGTTAG 720CATTGGAAAG AATGAAGGTG TTAGGGAGGA GAAGTTATGT GGTGACCCAT GGTTAAAAGT 780CATGCTTTTC CTGGGTCAAG ATGAGGATTG TGAAGTTGAA GAGATGGAGT CAGAGTGCTC 840AAATGAAGAA TGGTTTAAAA CCCACATTCC CCTGAGTAAT CTGGAGTCAA CCAGGGCTAG 900GTGGGTGGGT AAAATGGCTT TGAAAGAGTA TCGGGAGGTG CGTTGTGGTT ATGAAATGAC 960TCAACAATTC TTTGATGAGC ATAGGGGTGG AACTGGTGAG CAACTGAGCA ATGCATGTGA 1020GAGGTTTGAA AGCATTTACC CAAGGCATAA AGGAAATGAT TCAATAACCT TCCTTATGGC 1080TGTCCGAAAG CGTCTCAAAT TTTCGAAGCC CCAGGTTGAA GCTGCCAAAC TGAGGCGGGC 1140CAAACCATAT GGGAAATTCT TATTAGACTT TCCTATCCAA AATCCCATTG AAAGCCAGTC 1200ATAATT 1206

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-24 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No.35 as follows:

ATTAACCCAA ATGGTAAGAT TTCCGCCTTG TTTGATATAA CCAATGAGCA CATAAGGCAT 60GTTGAGAAGA TCGGCAATGG CCCTCAGAGC ATAAAAGTAG ATGAGTTGAG GAAGGTTAAG 120CGATCCGCCC TTGATCTTCT TTCAATGAAT GGGTCCAAAA TAACCTATTT TCCAAACTTT 180GAGCGGGCTG AAAAGTTGCA AGGGTGCTTG CTAGGGGGCC TAACTGGTGT CATAAGTGAT 240GAAAAGTTCA GTGATGCAAA ACCCTGGCTT TCTGGTATAT CAACTGCGGA TATAAAGCCA 300AGAGAGCTAA CTGTCGTGCT TGGCACTTTT GGGGCTGGAA AGAGTTTCTT GTATAAGAGT 360TTCATGAAGA GATCTGAGGG AAAATTTGTA ACTTTTGTTT CCCCTAGACG AGCCTTGGCA 420AATTCAATCA AAAATGATCT TGAAATGGAT GATGGCTGCA AAGTTGCCAA AGCAGGCAAA 480TCAAAGAAGG AAGGGTGGGA TGTAGTGACC TTTGAAGTTT TCCTTAGAAA AGTTTCTGGT 540TTGAAAGCTG GTCATTGTGT GATTTTTGAT GAGGTTCAGT TGTTTCCCCC TGGATACATC 600GATCTGTGTT TACTTGTCAT ACGAAGTGAT GCTTTCATTT CACTTGCTGG TGATCCATGC 660CAGAGCACAT ATGATTCACA GAAGGATCGA GCAATTTTGG GAGCTGAGCA GAGTGACATA 720CTCAGACTGC TTGAAGGAAA GACATATAGG TACAACATAG AAAGCAGACG TTTTGTGAAC 780CCAATGTTTG AATCTAGACT ACCATGTCAC TTCAAAAAGG GTTCAATGAC TGCAGCCTTT 840GCTGATTATG CAATCTTCCA CAATATGCAT GACTTCCTCC TGGCGAGGTC AAAAGGCCCC 900TTGGATGCTG TTCTAGTTTC CAGTTTTGAG GAGAAGAAAA TAGTCCAATC CTACTTTGGG 960ATGAAGCAAC TCACTCTCAC ATTTGGTGAA TCAACTGGGT TGAACTTCAA AAATGGAGGA 1020ATTCTCATAT CACATGACTC CTTTCATACT GACGATCGAC GGTGGCTTAC TGCTTTATCT 1080CGATTCAGCC ATAATTTGGA TTTGGTGAAC ATCACAGGTC TTGAGGGTGG AAAGTTTTCT 1140CTCACATTTT GCTGGTAAAC CCCTTTACCA CTTTTTGACG GCTTAAAAGT GGAGAGAATG 1200TCATACGAGA CCTGCTTCAG GTGAGCCTAA CTTCTTTTAG GGGTTCAATG TCAGCATTGG 1260AAAAAAATGG AAGGGGTTAG AGAA 1284

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-2 (T3+F1) corresponds to SEQ ID. No.36 as follows:

CATTTTTAAA ATTTAATCCA GTCGACTCAC CAAATGTGAG CGTAAGCTGT TTCATCCCAA 60AGTAGGACTG GACTATTTTC TTCTCCTCAA AACTAGAAAC CAGAATGGCA TCCAAAGGAC 120CTTTTGACCT TGCCAGGAGG AAATCATGCA TATTGTGGAA AATGGCATAA TCAGCAAAGG 160CAGCAGTCAT TGTACCCTTT TTGAAGTGAC ATGGCAGTCG AGATTCAAAC ATTGGGTTCA 240CAAATCTTCT GCTTTCTATG TTGTACCTAT ACGTCTTGCC TTCAAGTATT TTGAGTATGT 300CACTCTGCTC AGCGCCCAAA ATCGCCCGAT CTTTTTGTGA GTCATATGTG CTCTGACATG 360GGTCACCAGC AAGTGAAATG AAAGCATCAC TACGTATAAT AAGCAAACAT AGATCGATGT 420ATCCAGGGGG AAACAACTGG ACCTCATCGA AAATTACACA GTGACCAGCT TTTAGACCTG 480CAACTTTTCT AAGGAAGACT TCAAAAGTCA CAACATCCCA TCCTTCCTTC TTTGACCTGC 540CTGCTTTGGC AACTTTGCAG CTATCATCCA TTTCAAGATC ATTTTTGATT GAATTCGCTA 600GAGCCCGTCT GGGGGAAACA AAAGTTACGA ATTTACCCTC AGATCTTTTC ATAAAGCTCT 660TGTACAAAAA GCTTTTTCCG GCTCCAAATG TGCCAAGCAC AACAGTTAGC TCCCTCGGCT 720TAATGTCAGT AGTTGATATA CCAGAAAGCC AGGGCTTTGC ATCACTGAAC TTCTCATCAC 780TTATGACACC AGTTAGGCCT CCTAGCAGAC ACCCTTGCAA CTTTTCAGCC CGCTCAAAAC 840TTGGGAAGTA GGTTACCTTG GACCCATTAA TTGAAAGAAG ATCAAGGGCG GATCGCTTGA 900CCTTTCGCAA TTCATCTACT TTAATGCTCT GAGGGCCATT ACCTATCTTT TCAACATGCC 960TTATGTGCTC ATTAGTTATG TCAAACAGAG CGGAAAACTT GCCATGTGGA TTAATCACCT 1020CAATTTCCCC ATTTATGTCA CACTTAGCGC AAATGTCAAA AGCCTCAAAG GCTTCAGCTA 1080AGTTACATCA TGTTGAGCCT CCCCCTTGGC AAAGCTCCTC AAAAATGTGG TTAGTGCTAG 1140GCCTGCACAA TAATTAACAC ATCAACTTCA CCCTGCCAAT GCTGAACAAT ACTGTTATCA 1200TGCAACCATC CATGGGGCAC ATGGTTGGAA TTGATTGATT TAAGGCAAAA ATCCCCACAG 1260GGGGCATCCC CTTCCCCAAT TTCCACTGAT TCATACTCTG GCGTTATCAT ATCAACCCAA 1320TGTGTCAAAT ACAAATAATG CAATCTCTCA TCTCCGATAA CATTTCCCCC ATTTTTTAAA 1380AATGGTGGGG TGAAAATTGG AA 1402

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-42 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No.37 as follows:

GTGGTTTTTG CAACAACAGG CCCAGGTCTA TCTAAGGTTT TGGAAATGCC TCGAAGCAAG 60AAGCAATCTA TTCTGGTTCT TGAGGGAGCC CTATCCATAG AAACGGACTA TGGCCCAAAA 120GTTCTGGGAT CTTTTGAAGT TTTCAAAGGG GATTTCAACA TTAAAAAAAT GGAAGAAAGT 180TCCATCTTTG TAATAACATA CAAGGCCCCA GTTAGATCTA CTGGCAAGTT GAGGGTCCAC 240CAATCAGAAT GCTCATTTTC TGGATCCAAG GAGGTATTGC TGGGTTGTCA GATTGAGGCA 300TGTGCTGATT ATGATATTGA TGATTTCAAT ACTTTCTTTG TACCTGGTGA TGGTAATTGC 360TTTTGGCATT CAGTTGGTTT CTTACTCAGT ACTGACGGAC TTGCTTTGAA GGCCGGCATT 420CGTTCTTTCG TGGAGAGTGA ACGCCTGGTG AGTCCAGATC TTTCAGCCCC AACCATTTCT 480AAACAACTGG GGGAAAATGC TTATGCCGAG AATGAGATGA TTGCATTATT TTGTATTCGA 540CACCATGTGA GGCTGATAGT GATTACGCCA GAGTATGAAG TCAGTTGGAA ATTTGGGGAA 600GGTGAATGGC CCCTGTGCGG AATTCTTTGC CTTAAATCAA ATCACTTCCA ACCATGTGCC 660CCATTGAATG GTTGCATGAT TACAGCTATT GCTTCAGCAC TTGGTAGGCG TGAAGTTGAT 720GTGCTTAATT ATCTGTGCAG GCCTAGCACT AACCACATTT TTGAGGAGCT TTGCCAAGGG 780GGAGGCCTCA ACATGATGTA CTTAGCTGAA GCCTTTGAGG CTTTTGACAT TTGCGCTAAG 840TGTGACATAA ATGGGGAAAT TGAGGTGATT AATCCACATG GCAAGTTTTC CGCTCTGTTT 900GACATAACTA ATGAGCACAT AAGGCATGTT GAAAAGATAG GTAATGGCCC TCAGAGCATT 960AAAGTAGATG AATTGCGAAA GGTCAAGCGA TCTGCCCTTG ATCTTCTTTC AATTAATGGG 1020TCCAAGGTAA CCTACTTCCC AAGTTTTGAG CGGGCTGAAA AGTTGCAAGG GTGTCTGCTA 1080GGAGGCCTAA CTGGTGTCAT AAGTGATGAG AAAGTCAGTG ATGCAAAGCC CTGCTTTTTG 1140GTATATCAAC TACTGACATT AAGCCGAGGG AGCTAACTGT TGTGCTTTGG CACATTTGGA 1200GCCCGGAAAA AGCCTTTTGT ACCAAGAGCT TTATTG 1236

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-6 (T3+BM98−3F+F2) corresponds to SEQ.ID. No. 38 as follows:

GTCTAACTGG CGTTATAAGT GATGAGAAAT TCAGTGATGC AAAACCTTGG CTTTCTGGTA 60TATCTACTAC AGATATTAAG CCAAGGGAAT TAACTGTTGT GCTTGGTACA TTTGGGGCTG 120GGAAGAGTTT CTTGTACAAG AGTTTCATGA AAAGGTCTGA GGGTAAATTC GTAACCTTTG 180TTTCTCCCAG ACGTGCTTTA GCAAATTCAA TCAAAAATGA TCTTGAAATG GATGATAGCT 240GCAAAGTTGC CAAAGCAGGT AGGTCAAAGA AGGAAGGGTG GGATGTAGTA ACTTTTGAGG 300TCTTCCTCAG AAAAGTTGCA GGATTGAAGG CTGGCCACTG TGTGATTTTT GATGAGGTCC 360AGTTGTTTCC TCCTGGATAC ATCGATCTAT GCTTGCTTAT TATACGTAGT GATGCTTTCA 420TTTCACTTGC CGGTGATCCA TGTCAAAGCA CATATGATTC GCAAAAGGAT CGGGCAATTT 480TGGGCGCTGA GCAGAGTGAC ATACTTAGAA TGCTTGAGGG CAAAACGTAT AGGTATAACA 540TAGAAAGCAG GAGGTTTGTG AACCCAATGT TCGAATCAAG ACTGCCATGT CACTTCAAAA 600AGGGTTCGAT GACTGCCGCT TTCGCTGATT ATGCAATCTT CCATAATATG CATGACTTTC 660TCCTGGCGAG GTCAAAAGGT CCTTTGGATG CCGTTTTGGT TTCCAGTTTT GAGGAGAAAA 720AGATAGTCCA GTCCTACTTT GGAATGAAAC AGCTCACACT CACATTTGGT GAATCAACTG 780GGTTGAATTT CAAAAATGGG GGAATTCTCA TATCACATGA TTCCTTTCAC ACAGATGATC 840GGCGGTGGCT TACTGCTTTA TCTCGCTTCA GCCACAATTT GGATTTGGTG AACATTACAG 900GTCTGAGGTG GAAAGTTTCC TCTCGCACTT TGCTGGCAAA CCCCTCTACC ATTTTTTAAC 960AGCCAAAAGT GGGGAGAATG TCATACGAGA TTTGCTCCCA GGTGAGCCTA ACTTCTTCAG 1020TGGCTTTAAC GTTAGCATTG GAAAGAATGA AGGTGTTAGG GAGGAGAAGT TATGTGGTGA 1080CCCATGGTTA AAAGTCATGC TTTTCCTGGG TCAAGATGAG GATTGTGAAG TTGAAGAGAT 1140GGAGTCAGAG TGCTCAAATG AAGAATGGTT TAAAACCCAC ATTCCCCTGA GTAATCTGGA 1200GTCAACCAGG GCTAGGTGGG TGGGTAAAAT GGCCTTGAAA GAGTATCGGG AGGTGCGTTG 1260TGGTTATGAA ATGACTCAAC AATTCTTTGA TGACAT 1296

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-64 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No.39 as follows:

ATGTTCACCA AATCCAAATT ATGGCTGAAG CGAGATAAAG CAGTAAGCCA CCGCCGATCA  60TCTGTGTGAA AGGAATCATG TGATATGAGA ATTCCCCCAT TTTTGAAATT CAACCCAGTT 120GATTCACCAA ATGTGAGTGT GAGCTGTTTC ATTCCAAAGT AGGACTGGAC TATCTTTTTC 180TCCTCAAAAC TGGAAACCAA AACGGCATCC AAAGGACCTT TTGACCTCGC CAGGAGAAAG 240TCATGCATAT TATGGAAGAT TGCATAATCA GCGAAAGCGG CAGTCATTGA GCCCTTTTTG 300AATTGACATG GCAGTCTTGA TTCGAACATT GGATTCACAA ACCTCCTGCT TTCAATGTTA 360TACCTATACG TCTTGCCCTC AAGCAGTCTA AGTATGTCAC TCTGCTCAGC GCCCAAAATT 420GCCCGATCCT TTTGCGAATC ATATGTGCTT TGACATGGAT CACCGGCAAG TGAAATGAAA 480GCATCACTAC GTATAATAAG CAAGCATAGA TCGATGTATC CAGGAGGAAA CAACTGGACC 540TCATCGAAAA TCACACAGTG GCCAGCCTTC AATCCTGCAA CTTTTCTGAG GAAAACCTCA 600AAAGTTACTA CATCCCACCC TTCCTTCTTT GACCTACCTG CTTTAGCAAC TTTGCAGCTA 660TCATCCATTT CAAGATCATT TTTGATTGAA TTTGCTAAAG CACGTCTGGG AGAAACAAAG 720GTTACGAATT TACCCTCAGA CCTTTTCATG AAACTCTTGT ACAAGAAACT CTTCCCAGCC 780CCAAATGTAC CAAGCACGAC AGTCAACTCC CTTGGCTTAA TATCAGTAGT AGATATACCA 840GAAAGCCAAG GTTTTGCATC ACTGAACTTC TCATCACTTA TAACGCCAGT TAGGCCCCCT 900AGCAAAC 907

The nucleotide sequence of 140-94-72 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No.40 as follows:

AGAATGCTTA TGCTGAGAAT GAGATGATTG CATTATTTTG CATCCGGCAC CATGTAAGGC 60TTATAGTAAT AACACCGGAA TATGAAGTTA GTTGGAAATT TGGGGAAAGT GAGTGGCCCC 120TATGTGGAAT TCTTTGCCTG AGGTCCAATC ACTTCCAACC ATGCGCCCCG CTGAATGGTT 180GCATGATCAC GGCTATTGCT TCAGCACTTG GGAGGCGTGA GGTTGATGTG TTAAATTATC 240TGTGTAGGCC TAGCACTAAT CACATCTTTG AGGAGCTGTG CCAGGGCGGA GGGCTTAATA 300TGATGTACTT GGCTGAAGCT TTTGAGGCCT TTGACATTTG TGCAAAGTGC GACATAAATG 360GGGAAATTGA GGTCATTAAC CCAAATGGCA AGATTTCCGC CTTGTTTGAT ATAACTAATG 420AGCACATAAG GCATGTTGAG AAGATCAGCA ATGGCCCTCA GAGCATAAAA ATAGATGAGT 480TGAGGAAGGT TAAGCGATCC CGCCTTGACC TTCTTTCAAT GAATGGGTCC AAAATAACCT 540ATTTTCCAAA CTTTGAGCGG GCTGAAAAGT TGCAAGGGTG CTTGCTAGAG GGCCTGACTG 600GTGTCATAAG TGATGAAAAG TTCAGTGATG CAAAACCTTG GCTTTCTGGT ATATCAACTG 660CGGATATTAA GCCAAGAGAG CTAACTGTCG TGCTTGGCAC ATTTGGTGCT GGAAAGAGTT 720TCTTGTATAA GAGTTTCATG AAGAGATCTG AAGGAAAATT TGTAACTTTT GTTTCCCCTA 780GGCGAGCTTT GGCCAATTCG ATCAAGAATG ATCTTGAAAT GGATGATGGC TGCAAAGTTG 840CCAAAGCAGG CAAGTCAAAG AAGGAAGGGT GGGATGTGGT AACATTTGAG GTTTTCCTTA 900GAAAAGTTTC TGGTTTGAAG GCTGGTCATT GTGTGATTTT CGATGAGGTT CAGTTGTTTC 960CCCCTGGATA TATCGATCTA TGTTTACTTG TCATACGCAG TGATGCTTTT ATTTCACTTG 1020CCGGTGATCC ATGCCAGAGC ACATATGATT CACAAAAGGA TCGGGCAATT TTGGGAGCTG 1080AGCAGAGTGA CATACTCAGA TTGCTTGAAG GAAAGACGTA TAGGTACAAC ATAGAAAGCA 1140GACGTTTTGT GAACCCAATG TTTGAATTTA GACTACCATG TCACTTCAAA AAAGGGTTCA 1200ATGACTGCTG CCTTTGCTGA TTATGCAATC TT

Also encompassed by the present invention are fragments of the DNAmolecules of the present invention. Suitable fragments capable ofimparting RSP resistance to grape plants are constructed by usingappropriate restriction sites, revealed by inspection of the DNAmolecule's sequence, to: (i) insert an interposon (Felley et al.,“Interposon Mutagenesis of Soil and Water Bacteria: A Family of DNAFragments Designed for in vitro Insertion Mutagenesis of Gram-negativeBacteria,” Gene, 52:147-15 (1987), which is hereby incorporated byreference) such that truncated forms of the RSP virus polypeptide orprotein, that lack various amounts of the C-terminus, can be produced or(ii) delete various internal portions of the protein. Alternatively, thesequence can be used to amplify any portion of the coding region, suchthat it can be cloned into a vector supplying both transcription andtranslation start signals.

Suitable DNA molecules are those that hybridize to a DNA moleculecomprising a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 continuous bases of SEQ.ID. No. 1 under stringent conditions characterized by a hybridizationbuffer comprising 0.9M sodium citrate (“SSC”) buffer at a temperature of37° C. and remaining bound when subject to washing with SSC buffer at37° C.; and preferably in a hybridization buffer comprising 20%formamide in 0.9M saline/0.9M SSC buffer at a temperature of 42° C. andremaining bound when subject to washing at 42° C. with 0.2× SSC bufferat 42° C.

Variants may also (or alternatively) be modified by, for example, thedeletion or addition of nucleotides that have minimal influence on theproperties, secondary structure and hydropathic nature of the encodedprotein or polypeptide. For example, the nucleotides encoding a portionor polypeptide may be conjugated to a signal (or leader) sequence at theN-terminal end of the protein which co-translationally orpost-translationally directs transfer of the protein. The nucleotidesequence may also be altered so that the encoded protein or polypeptideis conjugated to a linker or other sequence for ease of synthesis,purification, or identification of the polypeptide.

The protein or polypeptide of the present invention is preferablyproduced in purified form (preferably, at least about 80%, morepreferably 90%, pure) by conventional techniques. Typically, the proteinor polypeptide of the present invention is isolated by lysing andsonication. After washing, the lysate pellet is re-suspended in buffercontaining Tris-HCl. During dialysis, a precipitate forms from thisprotein solution. The solution is centrifuged, and the pellet is washedand re-suspended in the buffer containing Tris-HCl. Proteins areresolved by electrophoresis through an SDS 12% polyacrylamide gel.

The DNA molecule encoding the RSP virus protein or polypeptide of thepresent invention can be incorporated in cells using conventionalrecombinant DNA technology. Generally, this involves inserting the DNAmolecule into an expression system to which the DNA molecule isheterologous (i.e., not normally present). The heterologous DNA moleculeis inserted into the expression system or vector in proper senseorientation and correct reading frame. The vector contains the necessaryelements for the transcription and translation of the inserted proteincoding sequences.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,237,224 to Cohen and Boyer, which is hereby incorporatedby reference, describes the production of expression systems in the formof recombinant plasmids using restriction enzyme cleavage and ligationwith DNA ligase. These recombinant plasmids are then introduced by meansof transformation and replicated in unicellular cultures includingprocaryotic organisms and eukaryotic cells grown in tissue culture.

Recombinant genes may also be introduced into viruses, such as vacciniavirus. Recombinant viruses can be generated by transfection of plasmidsinto cells infected with virus.

Suitable vectors include, but are not limited to, the following viralvectors such as lambda vector system gt11, gt WES.tB, Charon 4, andplasmid vectors such as pBR322, pBR325, pACYC177, pACYC184, pUC8, pUC9,pUC18, pUC19, pLG339, pR290, pKC37, pKC101, SV 40, pBluescript II SK +/−or KS +/− (see “Stratagene Cloning Systems” Catalog (1993) fromStratagene, La Jolla, Calif., which is hereby incorporated byreference), pQE, pIH821, pGEX, pET series (see Studier et. al., “Use ofT7 RNA Polymerase to Direct Expression of Cloned Genes,” Gene ExpressionTechnology, vol. 185 (1990), which is hereby incorporated by reference),and any derivatives thereof. Suitable vectors are continually beingdeveloped and identified. Recombinant molecules can be introduced intocells via transformation, transduction, conjugation, mobilization, orelectroporation. The DNA sequences are cloned into the vector usingstandard cloning procedures in the art, as described by Maniatis et al.,Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Springs Laboratory, ColdSprings Harbor, New York (1982), which is hereby incorporated byreference.

A variety of host-vector systems may be utilized to express theprotein-encoding sequence(s). Primarily, the vector system must becompatible with the host cell used. Host-vector systems include but arenot limited to the following: bacteria transformed with bacteriophageDNA, plasmid DNA, or cosmid DNA; microorganisms such as yeast containingyeast vectors; mammalian cell systems infected with virus (e.g.,vaccinia virus, adenovirus, etc.); insect cell systems infected withvirus (e.g., baculovirus); and plant cells infected by bacteria ortransformed via particle bombardment (i.e. biolistics). The expressionelements of these vectors vary in their strength and specifies.Depending upon the host-vector system utilized, any one of a number ofsuitable transcription and translation elements can be used.

Different genetic signals and processing events control many levels ofgene expression (e.g., DNA transcription and messenger RNA (“mRNA”)translation).

Transcription of DNA is dependent upon the presence of a promoter whichis a DNA sequence that directs the binding of RNA polymerase and therebypromotes mRNA synthesis. The DNA sequence of eukaryotic promoters differfrom those of procaryotic promoters. Furthermore, eukaryotic promotersand accompanying genetic signals may not be recognized in or may notfunction in a procaryotic system, and, further, procaryotic promotersare not recognized and do not function in eukaryotic cells.

Similarly, translation of mRNA in procaryotes depends upon the presenceof the proper procaryotic signals which differ from those of eukaryotes.Efficient translation of mRNA in procaryotes requires a ribosome bindingsite called the Shine-Dalgarno (“SD”) sequence on the mRNA. Thissequence is a short nucleotide sequence of mRNA that is located beforethe start codon, usually AUG, which encodes the amino-terminalmethionine of the protein. The SD sequences are complementary to the3′-end of the 16S rRNA (ribosomal RNA) and probably promote binding ofmRNA to ribosomes by duplexing with the rRNA to allow correctpositioning of the ribosome. For a review on maximizing gene expression,see Roberts and Lauer, Methods in Enzymology, 68:473 (1979), which ishereby incorporated by reference.

Promoters vary in their “strength” (i.e., their ability to promotetranscription). For the purpose of expressing a cloned gene, it isdesirable to use strong promoters in order to obtain a high level oftranscription and, hence, expression of the gene. Depending upon thehost cell system utilized, any one of a number of suitable promoters maybe used. For instance, when cloning in E. coli, its bacteriophages, orplasmids, promoters such as the T7 phage promoter, lac promoter, trppromoter, recA promoter, ribosomal RNA promoter, the P_(R) and P_(L)promoters of coliphage lambda and others, including but not limited, tolacUV5, ompF, bla, lpp, and the like, may be used to direct high levelsof transcription of adjacent DNA segments. Additionally, a hybridtrp-lacUV5 (tac) promoter or other E. coli promoters produced byrecombinant DNA or other synthetic DNA techniques may be used to providefor transcription of the inserted gene.

Bacterial host cell strains and expression vectors may be chosen whichinhibit the action of the promoter unless specifically induced. Incertain operons, the addition of specific inducers is necessary forefficient transcription of the inserted DNA. For example, the lac operonis induced by the addition of lactose or IPTG(isopropylthio-beta-D-galactoside). A variety of other operons, such astrp, pro, etc., are under different controls.

Specific initiation signals are also required for efficient genetranscription and translation in procaryotic cells. These transcriptionand translation initiation signals may vary in “strength” as measured bythe quantity of gene specific messenger RNA and protein synthesized,respectively. The DNA expression vector, which contains a promoter, mayalso contain any combination of various “strong” transcription and/ortranslation initiation signals. For instance, efficient translation inE. coli requires a Shine-Dalgarno (“SD”) sequence about 7-9 bases 5′ tothe initiation codon (“ATG”) to provide a ribosome binding site. Thus,any SD-ATG combination that can be utilized by host cell ribosomes maybe employed. Such combinations include but are not limited to the SD-ATGcombination from the cro gene or the N gene of coliphage lambda, or fromthe E. coli tryptophan, E, D, C, B or A genes. Additionally, any SD-ATGcombination produced by recombinant DNA or other techniques involvingincorporation of synthetic nucleotides may be used.

Once the isolated DNA molecules encoding the various Rupestris stempitting associated virus proteins or polypeptides, as described above,have been cloned into an expression system, they are ready to beincorporated into a host cell. Such incorporation can be carried out bythe various forms of transformation noted above, depending upon thevector/host cell system. Suitable host cells include, but are notlimited to, bacteria, virus, yeast, mammalian cells, insect, plant, andthe like.

The present invention also relates to RNA molecules which encode thevarious RSP virus proteins or polypeptides described above. Thetranscripts can be synthesized using the host cells of the presentinvention by any of the conventional techniques. The mRNA can betranslated either in vitro or in vivo. Cell-free systems typicallyinclude wheat-germ or reticuloycyte extracts. In vivo translation can beeffected, for example, by microinjection into frog oocytes.

One aspect of the present invention involves using one or more of theabove DNA molecules encoding the various proteins or polypeptides of aRSP virus to transform grape plants in order to impart RSP resistance tothe plants. The mechanism by which resistance is imparted in not known.In one hypothetical mechanism, the transformed plant can express thecoat protein or polypeptide, and, when the transformed plant isinoculated by a RSP virus, such as RSPaV-1, the expressed coat proteinor polypeptide surrounds the virus, thereby preventing translation ofthe viral DNA.

In the aspect of the present invention, the subject DNA moleculeincorporated in the plant can be constitutively expressed.Alternatively, expression can be regulated by a promoter which isactivated by the presence of RSP virus. Suitable promoters for thesepurposes include those from genes expressed in response to RSP virusinfiltration.

The isolated DNA molecules of the present invention can be utilized toimpart RSP virus resistance for a wide variety of grapevine plants. TheDNA molecules are particularly well suited to imparting resistance toVitis scion or rootstock cultivars. Scion cultivars which can beprotected include those commonly referred to as Table or Raisin Grapes,such as Alden, Almeria, Anab-E-Shahi, Autumn Black, Beauty Seedless,Black Corinth, Black Damascus, Black Malvoisie, Black Prince, Blackrose,Bronx Seedless, Burgrave, Calmeria, Campbell Early, Canner, Cardinal,Catawba, Christmas, Concord, Dattier, Delight, Diamond, Dizmar, Duchess,Early Muscat, Emerald Seedless, Emperor, Exotic, Ferdinant de Lesseps,Fiesta, Flame seedless, Flame Tokay, Gasconade, Gold, Himrod, Hunisa,Hussiene, Isabelle, Italia, July Muscat, Khandahar, Katta, Kourgane,Kishmishi, Losse Perlette, Malaga, Monukka, Muscat of Alexandria, MuscatFlame, Muscat Hamburg, New York Muscat, Niabell, Niagara, Olivetteblanche, Ontario, Pierce, Queen, Red Malaga, Ribier, Rish Baba, Romulus,Ruby Seedless, Schuyler, Seneca, Suavis (IP 365), Thompson seedless, andThomuscat. They also include those used in wine production, such asAleatico, Alicante Bouschet, Aligote, Alvarelhao, Aramon, Baco blanc(22A), Burger, Cabernet franc, Cabernet, Sauvignon, Calzin, Carignane,Charbono, Chardonnay, Chasselas dore, Chenin blanc, Clairette blanche,Early Burgundy, Emerald Riesling, Feher Szagos, Fernao Pires, Flora,French Colombard, Fresia, Furmint, Gamay, Gewurztraminer, Grand noir,Gray Riesling, Green Hungarian, Green Veltliner, Grenache, Grillo,Helena, Inzolia, Lagrein, Lambrusco de Salamino, Malbec, Malvasiabianca, Mataro, Melon, Merlot, Meunier, Mission, Montua de Pilas,Muscadelle du Bordelais, Muscat blanc, Muscat Ottonel, Muscat,Saint-Vallier, Nebbiolo, Nebbiolo fino, Nebbiolo Lampia, Orange Muscat,Palomino, Pedro Ximenes, Petit Bouschet, Petite Sirah, Peverella, Pinotnoir, Pinot Saint-George, Primitivo di Gioa, Red Veltliner, Refosco,Rkatsiteli, Royalty, Rubired, Ruby Cabernet, Saint-Emilion, SaintMacaire, Salvador, Sangiovese, Sauvignon blanc, Sauvignon gris,Sauvignon vert, Scarlet, Seibel 5279, Seibel 9110, Seibel 13053,Semillon, Servant, Shiraz, Souzao, Sultana Crimson, Sylvaner, Tannat,Teroldico, Tinta Madeira, Tinto cao, Touriga, Traminer, TrebbianoToscano, Trousseau, Valdepenas, Viognier, Walschriesling, WhiteRiesling, and Zinfandel. Rootstock cultivars which can be protectedinclude Couderc 1202, Couderc 1613, Couderc 1616, Couderc 3309, DogRidge, Foex 33 EM, Freedom, Ganzin 1 (A×R#1), Harmony, Kober 5BB, LN33,Millardet & de Grasset 41B, Millardet & de Grasset 420A, Millardet & deGrasset 101-14, Oppenheim 4 (SO4), Paulsen 775, Paulsen, 1045, Paulsen1103, Richter 99, Richter 110, Riparia Gloire, Ruggeri 225,Saint-George, Salt Creek, Teleki 5A, Vitis rupestris Constantia, Vitiscalifornia and Vitis girdiana.

Plant tissue suitable for transformation include leaf tissue, roottissue, meristems, zygotic and somatic embryos, and anthers. It isparticularly preferred to utilize embryos obtained from anther cultures.

The expression system of the present invention can be used to transformvirtually any plant tissue under suitable conditions. Tissue cellstransformed in accordance with the present invention can be grown invitro in a suitable medium to impart RSPaV resistance. Transformed cellscan be regenerated into whole plants such that the protein orpolypeptide imparts resistance to RSPaV in the intact transgenic plants.In either case, the plant cells transformed with the recombinant DNAexpression system of the present invention are grown and caused toexpress that DNA molecule to produce one of the above-described RSPaVproteins or polypeptides and, thus, to impart RSPaV resistance.

In producing transgenic plants, the DNA construct in a vector describedabove can be microinjected directly into plant cells by use ofmicropipettes to transfer mechanically the recombinant DNA. Crossway,Mol. Gen. Genetics, 202:179-85 (1985), which is hereby incorporated byreference. The genetic material may also be transferred into the plantcell using polyethylene glycol. Krens, et al., Nature, 296:72-74 (1982),which is hereby incorporated by reference.

One technique of transforming plants with the DNA molecules inaccordance with the present invention is by contacting the tissue ofsuch plants with an inoculum of a bacteria transformed with a vectorcomprising a gene in accordance with the present invention which impartsRSPaV resistance. Generally, this procedure involves inoculating theplant tissue with a suspension of bacteria and incubating the tissue for48 to 72 hours on regeneration medium without antibiotics at 25-28° C.

Bacteria from the genus Agrobacterium can be utilized to transform plantcells. Suitable species of such bacterium include Agrobacteriumtumefaciens and Agrobacterium rhizogenes. Agrobacterium tumefaciens(e.g., strains C58, LBA4404, or EHA105) is particularly useful due toits well-known ability to transform plants.

Heterologous genetic sequences can be introduced into appropriate plantcells, by means of the Ti plasmid of A. tumefaciens or the Ri plasmid ofA. rhizogenes. The Ti or Ri plasmid is transmitted to plant cells oninfection by Agrobacterium and is stably integrated into the plantgenome. J. Schell, Science, 237:1176-83 (1987), which is herebyincorporated by reference.

After transformation, the transformed plant cells must be regenerated.

Plant regeneration from cultured protoplasts is described in Evans etal., Handbook of Plant Cell Cultures, Vol. 1: (MacMillan Publishing Co.,New York, 1983); and Vasil I. R. (ed.), Cell Culture and Somatic CellGenetics of Plants, Acad. Press, Orlando, Vol. I, 1984, and Vol. III(1986), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

It is known that practically all plants can be regenerated from culturedcells or tissues, including but not limited to, all major species ofsugarcane, sugar beets, cotton, fruit trees, and legumes.

Means for regeneration vary from species to species of plants, butgenerally a suspension or transformed protoplasts or a petri platecontaining explants is first provided. Callus tissue is formed andshoots may be induced from callus and subsequently rooted.Alternatively, embryo formation can be induced in the callus tissue.These embryos germinate as natural embryos to form plants. The culturemedia will generally contain various amino acids and hormones, such asauxin and cytokinins. It is also advantageous to add glutamic acid andproline to the medium. Efficient regeneration will depend on the medium,on the genotype, and on the history of the culture. If these threevariables are controlled, then regeneration is usually reproducible andrepeatable.

After the expression cassette is stably incorporated in transfenicplants, it can be transferred to other plants by sexual crossing. Any ofa number of standard breeding techniques can be used, depending upon thespecies to be crossed.

Once transgenic plants of this type are produced, the plants themselvescan be cultivated in accordance with conventional procedure so that theDNA construct is present in the resulting plants. Alternatively,transgenic seeds are recovered from the transgenic plants. These seedscan then be planted in the soil and cultivated using conventionalprocedures to produce transgenic plants.

Another approach to transforming plant cells with a gene which impartsresistance to pathogens is particle bombardment (also known as biolistictransformation) of the host cell. This can be accomplished in one ofseveral ways. The first involves propelling inert or biologically activeparticles at cells. This technique is disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos.4,945,050, 5,036,006, and 5,100,792, all to Sanford et al., and inEmerschad et al., “Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Development fromImmature Zygotic Embryos of Seedless Grapes (Vitis vinifera),” PlantCell Reports, 14:6-12 (1995) (“Emerschad (1995)”), which are herebyincorporated by reference. Generally, this procedure involves propellinginert or biologically active particles at the cells under conditionseffective to penetrate the outer surface of the cell and to beincorporated within the interior thereof. When inert particles areutilized, the vector can be introduced into the cell by coating theparticles with the vector containing the heterologous DNA.Alternatively, the target cell can be surrounded by the vector so thatthe vector is carried into the cell by the wake of the particle.Biologically active particles (e.g., dried bacterial cells containingthe vector and heterologous DNA) can also be propelled into plant cells.

Once the grape plant tissue is transformed in accordance with thepresent invention, it is regenerated to form a transgenic grape plant.Generally, regeneration is accomplished by culturing transformed tissueon medium containing the appropriate growth regulators and nutrients toallow for the initiation of shoot meristems. Appropriate antibiotics areadded to the regeneration medium to inhibit the growth of Agrobacteriumand to select for the development of transformed cells. Following shootinitiation, shoots are allowed to develop tissue culture and arescreened for marker gene activity.

The DNA molecules of the present invention can be made capable oftranscription to a messenger RNA that does not translate to the protein.This is known as RNA-mediated resistance. When a Vitis scion orrootstock cultivar is transformed with such a DNA molecule, the DNAmolecule can be transcribed under conditions effective to maintain themessenger RNA in the plant cell at low level density readings. Densityreadings of between 15 and 50 using a Hewlet ScanJet and Image AnalysisProgram are preferred.

A portion of one or more DNA molecules of the present invention as wellas other DNA molecules can be used in a transgenic grape plant inaccordance with U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/025,635, which ishereby incorporated herein by reference.

The RSPaV protein or polypeptide can also be used to raise antibodies orbinding portions thereof or probes. The antibodies can be monoclonal orpolyclonal.

Monoclonal antibody production may be effected by techniques which arewell-known in the art. Basically, the process involves first obtainingimmune cells (lymphocytes) from the spleen of a mammal (e.g., mouse)which has been previously immunized with the antigen of interest eitherin vivo or in vitro. The antibody-secreting lymphocytes are then fusedwith (mouse) myeloma cells or transformed cells, which are capable ofreplicating indefinitely in cell culture, thereby producing an immortal,immunoglobulin-secreting cell line. The resulting fused cells, orhybridomas, are cultured, and the resulting colonies screened for theproduction of the desired monoclonal antibodies. Colonies producing suchantibodies are cloned, and grown either in vivo or in vitro to producelarge quantities of antibody. A description of the theoretical basis andpractical methodology of fusing such cells is set forth in Kohler andMilstein, Nature 256:495 (1975), which is hereby incorporated byreference.

Mammalian lymphocytes are immunized by in vivo immunization of theanimal (e.g., a mouse) with the protein or polypeptide of the presentinvention. Such immunizations are repeated as necessary at intervals ofup to several weeks to obtain a sufficient titer of antibodies.Following the last antigen boost, the animals are sacrified and spleencells removed.

Fusion with mammalian myeloma cells or other fusion partners capable ofreplicating indefinitely in cell culture is effected by standard andwell-known techniques, for example, by using polyethylene glycol (“PEG”)or other fusing agents. (See Milstein and Kholer, Eur. J. Immunol.,6:511 (1976), which is hereby incorporated by reference). This immortalcell line, which is preferably murine, but may also be derived fromcells of other mammalian species, including but not limited to rats andhumans, is selected to be deficient in enzymes necessary for theutilization of certain nutrients, to be capable of rapid growth, and tohave good fusion capability. Many such cell lines are known to thoseskilled in the art, and others are regularly described.

Procedures for raising polyclonal antibodies are also well known.Typically, such antibodies can be raised by administering the protein orpolypeptide of the present invention subcutaneously to New Zealand whiterabbits which have first been bled to obtain pre-immune serum. Theantigens can be injected at a total volume of 100 μl per site at sixdifferent sites. Each injected material will contain syntheticsurfactant adjuvant pluronic polyols, or pulverized acrylamide gelcontaining the protein or polypeptide after SDS-polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis. The rabbits are then bled two weeks after the firstinjection and periodically boosted with the same antigen three timesevery six weeks. A sample of serum is then collected 10 days after eachboost. Polyclonal antibodies are then recovered from the serum byaffinity chromatography using the corresponding antigen to capture theantibody. Ultimately, the rabbits are euthanized with pentobarbital 150mg/Kg IV. This and other procedures for raising polyclonal antibodiesare dislosed in Harlow et. al., editors, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual(1988), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

In addition to utilizing whole antibodies, binding portions of suchantibodies can be used. Such binding portions include Fab fragments,F(ab′)₂ fragments, and Fv fragments. These antibody fragments can bemade by conventional procedures, such as proteolytic fragmentationprocedures, as described in Goding, Monoclonal Antibodies: Principlesand Practice, New York: Academic Press, pp. 98-118 (1983), which ishereby incorporated by reference.

The present invention also relates to probes found either in nature orprepared synthetically by recombinant DNA procedures or other biologicalprocedures. Suitable probes are molecules that bind to RSP viralantigens identified by the polyclonal antibodies of the presentinvention or bind to the nucleic acid of RSPaV. Such probes can be, forexample, proteins, peptides, lectins, or nucleic acids.

The antibodies or binding portions thereof or probes can be administeredto RSPaV infected scion cultures or rootstock cultivars. Alternatively,at least the binding portions of these antibodies can be sequenced, andthe encoding DNA synthesized. The encoding DNA molecule can be used totransform plants together with a promoter which causes expression of theencoded antibody when the plant is infected by an RSPaV. In either case,the antibody or binding portion thereof or probe will bind to the virusand help prevent the usual stem pitting response.

Antibodies raised against the proteins or polypeptides of the presentinvention or binding portions of these antibodies can be utilized in amethod for detection of RSPaV in a sample of tissue, such as tissue froma grape scion or rootstock. Antibodies or binding portions thereofsuitable for use in the detection method include those raised against areplicase, proteins or polypeptides of the triple gene block, or a coatprotein or polypeptide in accordance with the present invention. Anyreaction of the sample with the antibody is detected using an assaysystem which indicates the present of RSPaV in the sample. A variety ofassay systems can be employed, such as enzyme-linked immunosorbentassays, radioimmunoassays, gel diffusion precipitin reaction assays,immunodiffusion assays, agglutination assays, fluorescent immunoassays,protein A immunoassays, or immunoelectrophoresis assays.

Alternatively, the RSPaV can be detected in such a sample using the DNAmolecule of the present, RNA molecules of the present invention, or DNAor RNA fragments thereof, as probes in nucleic acid hybridization assaysfor detecting the presence of complementary virus DNA or RNA in thevarious tissue samples described above. The nucleotide sequence isprovided as a probe in a nucleic acid hybridization assay or a geneamplification detection procedure (e.g., using a polymerase chainreaction procedure). The nucleic acid probes of the present inventionmay be used in any nucleic acid hybridization assay system known in theart, including, but not limited to, Southern blots (Southern, E. M.,“Detection of Specific Sequences Among DNA Fragments Separated by GelElectrophoresis,” J. Mol. Biol., 98:503-17 (1975), which is herebyincorporated by reference), Northern blots (Thomas, P. S.,“Hybridization of Denatured RNA and Small DNA Fragments Transferred toNitrocellulose,” Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA, 77:5201-05 (1980), which ishereby incorporated by reference), and Colony blots (Grunstein, M. etal., “Colony Hybridization: A Method for the Isolation of Cloned cDNAsthat Contain a Specific Gene,” Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA, 72:3961-65(1975), which is hereby incorporated by reference). Alternatively, theisolated DNA molecules of the present invention or RNA transcriptsthereof can be used in a gene amplification detection procedure (e.g., apolymerase chain reaction). Erlich, H. A., et al., “Recent Advances inthe Polymerase Chain Reaction,” Science 252:1643-51 (1991), which ishereby incorporated by reference. Any reaction with the probe isdetected so that the presence of RSP virus in the sample is indicated.Such detection is facilitated by providing the DNA molecule of thepresent invention with a label. Suitable labels include a radioactivecompound, a fluorescent compound, a chemiluminescent compound, anenzymatic compound, or other equivalent nucleic acid labels.

Depending upon the desired scope of detection, it is possible to utilizeprobes having nucleotide sequences that correspond with conserved orvariable regions of the ORF or UTR. For example, to distinguish RSPaVfrom other related viruses (as described herein), it is desirable to useprobes which contain nucleotide sequences that correspond to sequencesmore highly conserved among all RSPaV strains. Also, to distinguishbetween different RSPaV strains (e.g., RSPaV-1, RSP47-4, RSP158), it isdesirable to utilize probes containing nucleotide sequences thatcorrespond to sequences less highly conserved among the RSP virusstrains.

Nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) probes of the present invention will hybridizeto complementary RSPaV-1 nucleic acid under stringent conditions. Lessstringent conditions may also be selected. Generally, stringentconditions are selected to be about 50° C. lower than the thermalmelting point (T_(m)) for the specific sequence at a defined ionicstrength and pH. The T_(m) is the temperature (under defined ionicstrength and pH) at which 50% of the target sequence hybridizes to aperfectly matched probe. The T_(m) is dependent upon the solutionconditions and the base composition of the probe, and may be calculatedusing the following equation:

T_(m) = 79.8° C. + (18.5 × Log[Na+]) + (58.4° C. × %[G+C]) − (820/#bp induplex) − (0.5 × % formamide)

Nonspecific binding may also be controlled using any one of a number ofknown techniques such as, for example, blocking the membrane withprotein-containing solutions, addition of heterologous RNA, DNA, and SDSto the hybridization buffer, and treatment with RNase. Generally,suitable stringent conditions for nucleic acid hybridization assays orgene amplification detection procedures are set forth above. More orless stringent conditions may also be selected.

The development of a rapid detection method for RSP is a majorbreakthrough, because the only detection method now available is throughinoculation of St. George grape indicators, which takes two to threeyears to develop symptoms. A serological or nucleic acid based detectiontests developed for RSP will take only 1 to 2 days and it is lessexpensive. The woody indicator test on St. George costs $250 per sample,while a serological or nucleic acid based test would cost $30-50 persample. Moreover, the rapid tests will speed up the introduction ofgrape imports into the US from the current three years to about sixmonths. These applications will be valuable wherever grapes are grown.Since RSP is part of the rugose wood complex, development of rapiddetection methods will be invaluable in determining the significance ofRSP in the rugose wood complex. This will allow an investigator todetermine whether RSP alone can cause rugose wood complex or if othercomponents are needed. In addition, these rapid detection methods arevery useful to evaluate the resistance of transgenic plants to Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus.

EXAMPLES

The following examples are provided to illustrate embodiments of thepresent invention but are by no means intended to limit its scope.

Example 1 Grapevine Materials for dsRNA Analysis

Samples from 15 accessions that induced pitting on graft-inoculated St.George were collected from the National Grapevine Germplasm Repositoryof the USDA Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PGRU) at Geneva and used fordsRNA analysis. Positive controls used included Thompson Seedless(RSP105) (Golino, “The Davis Grapevine Virus Collection,” Am. J. EnologyViticulture, 43:200-05 (1992), which is hereby incorporated byreference) from the FPMS, University of California (Davis) and PinotNoir (SVP1186-09A2), which was kindly provided by Dr. R. Johnson ofCenter for Plant Health, Agriculture Canada, Sidney, British Columbia.Negative controls as judged by indexing on St. George included Freedomfrom the PGRU at Geneva, New York, and Verduzzo 233A. The latter waskindly provided by Dr. P. Silvano of the Sezione di Fitovirologia, ERSAServisio Chimico-Agrario e della Certificazione, Pozzuolo del Friuh(UD), Italy.

Example 2 Grapevine Materials for RT-PCR

Dormant cuttings of 138 grapevine selections were collected from USA,Canada, Italy, and Portugal over three years. Samples included Vitisvinifera cultivars, hybrids, V. riparia, and rootstocks. 117 grapevineselections were indexed on St. George for RSP and other RW diseases.Pinot noir (1186-9A2) from Agriculture Canada, Center for Plant Health(Sidney, Canada) and Thompson seedless (RSP105) from University ofCalifornia (Davis) were included as positive controls. Sauvignon blanc,generated from shoot tip tissue culture and tested free of viruses andviroids was provided by Dr. J. Semancik (University of California atRiverside) and used as a healthy control. In addition, six seedlings offive Vitis species were also included as negative controls.

Example 3 dsRNA Isolation and Analysis

Methods for isolating dsRNA were described by Hu et al.,“Characterization of Closterovirus-like Particles Associated withGrapevine Leafroll Disease,” J. Phytopathology, 128:1-14 (1990), whichis hereby incorporated by reference, except that 1 × STE with 15%ethanol (instead of 16.5%) was used to wash CF-11 cellulose columnsprior to elution of dsRNAs. The dsRNAs were isolated from leaves,petioles, and the phloem tissue of dormant canes, electrophoresed on 1%agarose or low melting temperature agarose gels, and analyzed bystaining with ethidium bromide (EtBr). Hind EII digested lambda DNA wasused as markers to estimate the sizes of the dsRNA molecules.

Example 4 cDNA Synthesis and Cloning

The extremely low yield of dsRNA and the limited quantity ofRSP-infected grape materials precluded the use of a single RSP-infectedgrapvine accession as the source of dsRNA for cloning purpose.Therefore, dsRNA preparations from Colobel 257, Ravat 34, Coudec 28-112,and Seyval were pooled and used as templates for cDNA synthesis. Inorder to get pure templates for cloning, dsRNA bands were excised fromlow melting temperatures agarose gels after electrophoresis andrecovered by extraction with phenol and chloroform (Sambrook et al.,Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring HarborLaboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989), which is herebyincorporated by reference). The same recovery procedure was repeatedonce more. The purified dsRNA was denatured with 20 mM methyl mercurichydroxide and cDNAs were synthesized using slightly modified methods ofJelkmann et al., “Cloning of Four Viruses from Small Quantities ofDouble-Stranded RNA,” Phytopathology, 79:1250-53, (1989), which isincorporated herein be reference. The cDNA fragments were firstblunt-ended with T4 DNA polymerase at 12° C. T4 DNA ligase was used toadd EcoR I adapters to both ends of the cDNAs. Subsequently, the cDNAmolecules with cohesive ends were ligated to EcoR I-prepared arms oflambda ZAP II. Finally, the resulting recombinant phages were packedinto Gigapack II packaging extract following manufacturer's instructions(Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.).

Example 5 Identification of cDNA Clones Specific to the dsRNA

Plaque hybridization was used to screen cDNA clones by transferringrecombinant cDNA plaques to nylon membranes and hybridizing to³²P-labeled first-strand cDNA probes generated from the dsRNA accordingto manufacturer's recommendations (Du Pont, 1987). Clones with stronghybridization signals were converted into pBluescript SK through in vivoexcision (Stratagene, 1991). After digestion of the resulting plasmidswith EcoR I, 20 clones were selected and further analyzed in Southernhybridization with radio labeled first strand cDNA probes synthesizedfrom dsRNA. The specificity of two selected clones to the dsRNA wasconfirmed by Northern analysis using ³²P labeled inserts of the twoclones.

Example 6 Bridging Gaps Between Clones

To bridge the gap between clones RSP3 and RSP94, a pair of specificprimers were used in RT-PCR to generate cDNA fragments from dsRNA.RSP3-RSP94 primer 1 (sense, nt 3629-3648) has a nucleotide sequencecorresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 41 as follows:

GCTTCAGCAC TTGGAAGGCG 20

RSP3-RSP94 primer 2 (antisense, nt 4350-4366) has a nucleotide sequencecorresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 42 as follows:

CACACAGTGG CCAGCCT 17

After gel electrophoresis, PCR amplified cDNA bands were excised fromgels and recovered with the phenol/chloroform method (Sambrook et al.,Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring HarborLaboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989), which is herebyincorporated by reference).

The same strategy was employed to bridge the gap between clones RSP94and RSP95. RSP94-RSP95 primer 1 (sense, nt 5272-5291) has a nucleotidesequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 43 as follows:

GGAGGTGCGT TGTGGTTATG 20

RSP94-RSP95 primer 2 (antisense, nt 6791-6808) has a nucleotide sequencecorresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 44 as follows:

CCCTGGCACT GCACACCC 17

Example 7 Obtaining Nucleotide Sequences on Both Termini of RSPaV-1Genome

To obtain the terminal 3′ end sequences, a primer (sense, nt 8193-8210)having a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 45 asfollows:

GGAGGTGACC ACATTACG 18

and a (dT)18 primer were used in RT-PCR to amplify cDNA from the dsRNA.Resulting PCR products were cloned into TA vector pCRII (Invitrogen) andsequenced. This approach was based on the assumption that the RSPassociated dsRNA contained a poly (A) tail. For the terminal 5′ end, thedsRNA was first tagged with poly (A) using yeast Poly (A) polymerase(USB) (Pappu et al., “Nucleotide Sequence and Organization of Eight 3′Open Reading Frames of the Citrus tristeza Closterovirus Genome,”Virology 199:35-46 (1994), which is hereby incorporated by reference)and then used as templates to generate cDNA fragments by RT-PCR using(dT)18 primer and primer (antisense, nt 429-449) having a nucleotidesequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO. 46 as follows:

CATCACGACT TGTCACAAAC C 21

Example 8 Nucleotide Sequencing

CsCl or alkaline/PEG (polyethylene glycol) purified plasmids (Sambrooket al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold SpringHarbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989), which ishereby incorporated by reference; Applied Biosystems, Inc.) and RT-PCRamplified cDNA fragments were sequenced for completion on both strands.Nucloetide sequencing was done manually with sequenase version 2.0 kit(USB) or automatically on ABI 373 automated sequencer with Taq DyeDeoxy™terminator cycle sequencing kit (Applied Biosystems, Inc.). Vectorprimers (T3, T7, M13 Forward, and M13 Reverse) were used in initialsequencing and sequences were completed by primer walking strategy.

Example 9 Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

Two pairs of primers were designed for RT-PCR: (1) RSP95F1 and RSP95R1;and (2) RSP149F1 and RSP149R1. Primer RSP95F1, an antisense strandprimer, has a nucleic sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO. 47 asfollows:

TGGGCCTCCA CTTCTTC 17

Primer RSP95R1, a sense stand primer, has a nucleotide sequencecorresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 48 as follows:

GGGGTTGCCT GAAGAT 16

Primer RSP149F1, an antisense strand primer, has a nucleotide sequencecorresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 49 as follows:

ACACCTGCTG TGAAAGC 17

Primer RSP149r1, a sense strand primer, has a nucleotide sequencecorresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 50 as follows:

GGCCAAGGTT CAGTTTG 17

RSP95F1/R1 were used in RT-PCR to test samples collected in 1994.RSP149R1/F1, alone or together with RSP95F1/R1, were used to testsamples collected in 1995 and 1996. To avoid bias in the judgement ofRT-PCR results, blind tests were conducted for samples from Canada in1995 and 1996. The indexing results of these samples were kept untolduntil the RT-PCR tests were complete.

dsRNAs were denatured with methylmercuric hydroxide (CH4HgOH) andreverse transcribed into cDNAs with Maloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV)or Avian Myeloblastosis Virus (AMV) reverse transcriptases (Promega) at42° C. for 1 to 3 h. Five of 20 μl of the RT reactions were added to PCRmix and amplified in thermal cycler (HYBAID OmniGene, National LabnetCompany) with Taq DNA polymerase (buffer B, Promega) using the followingparameters: initial denaturation at 94° C. for 5 min., 40 cycles ofamplification at 94° C. for 45 s, 52° C. for 1 min, and 72° C. for 1min, and a final extension at 72° C. for 10 min. PCR product wereanalyzed by electrophoresis on 1% agarose gels containing ethidiumbromide. Hae III digested Phix 174 fragments were used as molecularweight markers.

Example 10 Southern Blot

DNA fragments amplified by PCR from cDNA clone RSP149 with primersRSP149F1/R1 were labeled with 32P by random priming and used as probes.Products of RT-PCR of randomly selected grapevines including 26positives and 6 negatives by RT-PCR were electrophoresed on an 0.8%agarose gel, transferred to nylon membranes, and hybridized to theprobes following manufacturer's instructions (Du Pont).

Example 11 Computer Assisted Analysis of Sequences and Genome Structureof RSPaV-1

Sequences were assembled with SeqMan program and potential open readingframes were generated with MapDraw program (DNASTAR, Madison, Wis.).BLAST program of the NCBI (the National Center for BiotechnologyInformation) was used to search for homologies in DNA and proteindatabases. Clustal analysis (with identity weight table) of MegAlign(DNASTAR) was employed to reveal sequence similarities between theputative proteins of RSPaV-1 and the analogous proteins of ASPV(Jelkmann, “Nucleotide Sequences of Apple Stem Pitting Virus and of theCoat Protein of Similar Virus from Pear Associated with Vein YellowsDisease and Their Relationship with Potex- and Carlaviruses,” J. GeneralVirology, 75:1535-42 (1994), which is hereby incorporated by reference)and PVM (Zavriev et al., “Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Genomic RNA ofthe Potato M-Virus,” Molecular Biology (Mosk.) 25:761-69 (1991), whichis hereby incorporated by reference). In addition, nucleotide sequencesof the untranslated regions (UTR) of these three viruses were alsocompared using MagAlign, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B.

Example 12 Consistent Association of a High Molecular Weight dsRNA withRSP

The 15 grapevine accessions used in this study were previously indexedon St. George where 12 accessions induced typical RSP symptoms (i.e., anarrow strip of small pits below the inoculum bud). FIG. 1A illustratesthese typical RSP symptoms. A good correlation was found between thepresence of the specific dsRNA and the indexing results on St. George.As shown in FIG. 2A and recorded in Table 1 below, twelve grapevineaccessions with typical RSP symptoms revealed a dsRNA of ca. 8.7 kb withgel electrophoresis. In addition, a smaller dsRNA of about 6.6 kb wasobserved in Colobel 257 and Seyval. In contrast, although Aminia andCanadaigua elicited deep pits and grooves around the woody cylinder ofSt. George, they did not reveal visible dsRNA of expected size inrepeated experiments. Freedom, which indexed negative for RSP on St.George, did not reveal visible dsRNA. Although two dsRNA bands wereobserved in Verduzzo 233A (which was indexed free of RSP on St. George),they were not specific to RSP based on the fact that they were large orsmaller than the 8.7 kb dsRNA associated with RSP (FIG. 2A) and thatthey did not hybridize to the RSP-specific probe in Northern analysis(FIG. 2B). In addition, the two dsRNA species isolated from Verduzzo233A were not observed in other healthy grapevines such as CabernetFranc and LN 33.

TABLE 1 St. George Accessions and Parentage Indicator dsRNA NorthernAminia (Carter × Black Hamburg) + − − Bertille Seyve 3408 (BS 872 ×Seibel + + + 5410) Bertille Seyve 5563 (Seibel 6905 × BS + + + 3445)Canandaigua (V. labrusca × V. vinifera) + − − Colobel 257 (Seibel 6150 ×Seibel + + + 5455) Couderc 28-112 (Emily × V. rupestris) + + + Freedom(Couderc 1613 × Dog Ridge) − − − Grande Glabre (V. riparia) + + + Ill344-1 (BS 2667 × Seibel 6905) +  +^(†)  −^(†) Joffre (V. vinifera × V.riparia × + + + V. rupestris) Ravat 34 (Berlandieri × Chardonnay) + + +Seyval (Seibel 4995 × Seibel 4986) + + + Seyve Villard 14-287 (V.labrusca × + + + V. rupestris × V. aestiv × V. cinerea × V. vinifera)Seyve Villard 3160 (Seibel 5163 × + + + Seibel 2049) Verdelet (Seibel5455 × Seibel 4938) + + + Controls Pinot Noir (V. vinifera) + + +Thompson seedless (V. vinifera) + NT + Verduzzo 233A −  −^(‡) − Symbols:*Probe used was insert from cDNA clone RSP149. ^(†)A faint dsRNA bandcould be observed on the gel after electrophoresis but no hybridizationsignal could be seen in Northern analysis. ^(‡)Although two dsRNA bandswere observed in Verduzzo 233A, they were not specific to RSP, becausethey were either larger or smaller than the RSP-associated 8.7 kbp dsRNAand they did not hybridize to the probe in Northern analysis.

The yield of dsRNA was low and varied significantly among differentaccessions. When a comparable amount of phloem tissue (14 g for BertilleSeyve 5563 and Couderc 28-112; 18.5 g for the others) was used toisolate dsRNA, Colobel 257, Seyval, Ravat 34, Grande Glabre, and SeyveVillard 14-287 displayed strong dsRNA bands, while Bertille Seyve 5563,Couderc 28-112, Joffre, and Verdelet showed weak bands after stainingwith EtBr, as shown in FIG. 2A. Bertille Seyve 3408 and Seyve Villard3160 were analyzed in separate experiments and dsRNA bands of the samesize were observed.

Example 13 Selection and Specificity of cDNA Clones

A total of 182 clones were selected after plaque hybridization. Eightyclones with strong hybridization signals were subcloned into pBluescriptSK through in vivo excision. Resulting plasmids were shown to haveinserts ranging from 0.3 to 3.0 kb. A total of 20 clones with inserts ofca. 0.8 kb or larger were selected Southern analysis of these 20 clonesto radio labeled first strand cDNA probes derived from the dsRNAresulted in 15 clones with strong hybridization signals. Several ofthese clones were used to determine the genome sequence of the dsRNA:RSP3, RSP28, RSP94, RSP140, RS95, and TA5. Another clone (RSP149), whichwas 97% similar in nucleotide sequence to RSP95, was used as one of thetwo probes in Northern hybridization.

Northern hybridization was employed to confirm the specific relationshipof clones RSP95 and RSP149 to the isolated dsRNA. These two clones gavethe strongest reaction in Southern analysis described above. Initialexperiments showed that RSP95 insert hybridized with the dsRNA isolatedfrom three accessions (Colobel 257, Seyval, and Ravat 34), from whichthe template dsRNAs used in cDNA synthesis were isolated. As shown inFIG. 2B and indicated in Table 1, use of RSP149 insert as the probeshowed that this clone hybridized with the dsRNA of ca. 8.7 kb isolatedfrom RSP infected grapevines. Furthermore, the intensity ofhybridization signals correspond to that of the dsRNA bands observed onagarose gels stained with EtBr. Colobel 257, Seyval, Ravat 34, GrandeGlabre, and Serve Villard 14-287 reacted strongly; Bertille Seyve 5563,Couderc 28-112, Joffre, and Verdelet had weak hybridization signals. Theresult for ILl 344-1 was not conclusive. Aminia and Canandaigua did notshow visible dsRNAs or hybridization in Northern analysis. BertilleSeyve 3408, which was tested in a separate experiment, did show a ca.8.7 kb dsRNA which hybridized to the probe from RSP149. Freedom andVerduzzo 233A, which had indexed negative for RSP on St. George, werealso negative in Northern blot.

Example 14 Nucleotide Sequence and Genome Structure of RSPaV-1

Six cDNA clones and three RT-PCR amplified cDNA fragments (identified asRSPA, RSPB, and RSPC) were sequenced on both strands and used to obtainthe complete nucleotide sequence of a viral agent, which is shown inFIG. 3A. The genome of RSPaV-1 consisted of 8726 nts excluding a poly(A) tail on the 3′ end. The sequence of RSPA indicated that the 5′ firstbase of the RSPaV-1 genome appeared to be a cytosine (C). Clone TA5,which represented the 3′ end of the RSPaV-1 genome, contained a stretchof adenines (A) preceded by a cytosine.

MapDraw analysis, shown at FIG. 3B, indicated that the genome of RSPaV-1had five potential ORFs on its positive strand, while no ORFs wereobserved on the negative strand (data not shown). ORF1 (nt 62 to 6547 ofSEQ. ID. No. 1) has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO.2. ORF1 believed to encode a protein or polypeptide having a molecularweight of about 244 kDa and an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ.ID. No. 3. According to Lutcke et al., “Selection of AUG InitiationCondons Differs in Plants and Animals,” Eur. Mol. Biol. J., 6:43-48(1987), which is hereby incorporated by reference, the start codon ofORF1 was in a favorable context: GCAAUGGC, where the “GC” after thestart codon is important for initiating translation in a plant system.ORF2 (nt 6578 to 7243 of SEQ. ID. No. 1) has a nucleotide sequencecorresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 4. ORF2 is believed to encode a protein orpolypeptide having a molecule weight to about 24.4 kDa and an amino acidsequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO. 5. The first two ORFs wereseparated by an intergenic region of 30 nts. ORF3 (nt 7245 to 7598 ofSEQ. ID. NO. 1) has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No.6 ORF3 is believed to encode a protein or polypeptide having a molecularweight of about 12.8 kDa and an amino acid sequence corresponding toSEQ. ID. NO. 7. ORF4 (nt 7519 to 7761 of SEQ. ID. NO. 1), whichoverlapped with ORF3 by 80 nts, has a nucleotide sequence correspondingto SEQ. ID. No. 8. ORF3 is believed to encode a protein or polypeptidehaving a molecular weight of about 8.4 kDa and an amino acid sequencecorresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 9. Nine nucleotides downstream of ORF4 wasthe start of ORF5 (nt 7771 to 8550 of SEQ. ID. No. 1), which has anucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 10. ORF5 is believedto encode a protein or polypeptide having a molecular weight of about 28kDa and an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 11.Downstream of ORF5 was the 3′ and LJTR of 176 nts. Although computerassisted analysis indicated that two shorter ORFs may exist asalternatives to ORF1 and ORF5, neither of them were in good contexts fortranslation initiation.

Example 15 Comparison of the RSPaV-1 Genome with ASPV and PVM CarlavirusGenomes

The arrangement of the ORFs and the amino acid sequence of RSPaV-1showed similarities of those of PVX (Skryabin et al., “The NucleotideSequence of Potato Virus X RNA,” Nucleic Acids Res. 16: 10929-30 (1988),which is hereby incorporated by reference), PVM (Zavriev et al.,“Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Genomic RNA of the Potato M-Virus,”Molecular Biology (Mosk.) 25:761-69 (1991), which is hereby incorporatedby reference), and ASPV (Jelkmann, “Nucleotide Sequences of Apple StemPitting Virus and of the Coat Protein of a Similar Virus from PearAssociated with Vein Yellows Disease and Their Relationship with Potex-and Carlaviruses,” J. General Virology 75:1535-42 (1994), which ishereby incorporated by reference), with the latter two being the mostsimilar to RSPaV-1. A representation of the sequence comparison is shownin FIG. 3B and the percent identities in amino acid sequences of the ORFof RSPaV-1 and the corresponding ORF of ASPV, PVM, and PVX are shown inTable 2 below. These analysis suggest that the ORFs of RSPaV-1 arecompared with those of PVM and ASPV.

TABLE 2 Replicase Coat ORF1 Protein Region I Region II Triple Gene BlockORF5 aa 1-372 aa 1354-2161 Total ORF2 ORF3 ORF4 Total aa 142-245 ASPV49.2 57.5 39.6 38.0 39.3 27.1 31.3 49.5 PVM 47.2 53.2 37.6 34.8 31.219.0 21.2 33.3 PVX 18.9 20.4 15.7 23.5 31.3 22.9 27.4 42.9

When the total amino acid sequence of RSPa-1 ORF1 was used forcomparison, it showed 39.6% and 37.6% identities with the replicases ofASPV and PVM respectively (Table 2). These homologies were mainly foundin regions I(aa 1 to 372) and II (aa 1354-2161), which are at the N andC terminal portions of the putative replicase, respectively, shown atFIGS. 4A and 4B. Within region I, the identities of RSPaV-1 with ASPVand PVM were 49.2% and 47.2%, respectively (Table 2). Themethyltransferase domain, which is conserved in Sindis-like superfamilyof plant viruses (Rozanov et al., “Conservation of the PutativeMethyltransferase Domain: A Hallmark of the “Sindbis-like” Supergroup ofPositive-Strand RNA Viruses,” J. General Virology 73:2129-34 (1992),which is hereby incoporated by reference), was found in this region(FIG. 4A). Region II, on the other hand, showed even higher identities:57.5% with ASPV and 53.2% with PVM (Table 2). A NTP binding motif“GXXXXGKS/T” (aa 1356 to 1363) “X” stands for any amino acid residue),which is conserved in helicase proteins and helicase domains ofeukaryotic positive strand RNA viruses (Gorbalenya et al., “A NovelSuperfamily of Nucleotide Triphosphate-Binding Motif Containing Proteinswhich are Probably Involved in Duplex Unwinding in DNA and RNAReplication and Recombination,” FEBS Letters, 235:16-24 (1988), which ishereby incorporated by reference), was found in the beginning of regionII (FIG. 4B). The amino acid sequences of this motif in ASPV and PVMwere identical to that of RSPaV-1 except for one position. Furthermore,amino acid sequence surrounding the GDD motif, which is conserved in allRNA dependent RNA polymerases of positive strand RNA viruses (Koonin,“The Phylogeny of RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases of Positive-Strand RNAViruses,” J. Gen. Virology 72:2197-2206 (1991), which is herebyincorporated by reference), was located near the C terminus of theRSPaV-1 replicase protein and showed high identities to those of ASPVand PVM (FIG. 4B). Other conserved residues of positive strand RNAviruses as described by Koonin, “The Phylogeny of RNA-Dependent RNAPolymerases of Positive-Strand RNA Viruses,” J. Gen. Virology72:2197-2206 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference, werealso found in this region. Based on these information, it was concludedthat ORF1 of RSPaV-1 codes for the putative replicase protein.

The triple gene block is a common feature of several groups of plantviruses including carlaviruses potexviruses, and ASPV. Comparison ofRSPaV-1 ORF2 with those of PVM and ASPV showed evenly distributedhomologies in amino acid sequence: 38.0% identity to ASPV and 34.8% toPVM (Table 2). The N terminal region of the 24.4K protein (ORF2)contained the consensus sequence “GXGKS S/T” (as 31 to 36) (FIG. 5A),which is observed in its counterparts in carlaviruses (Zavriev et al.,“Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Genomic RNA of the Potato M-Virus,”Molecular Biology (Mosk.) 25:761-69 (1991), which is hereby incorporatedby reference) and a number of ATP and GTP binding proteins (Zimmem,“Evolution of RNA Viruses,” in RNA Genetics, Holland et al., eds., CRCPress, Boca Raton, Fla., USA (1987), which is hereby incorporated byreference). The 12.8K protein of RSPaV-1 encoded by ORF3 and 39.3% and31.2% identities with its counterparts in ASPV and PVM respectively(Table 2). However, most of the matching occurred in a region from aa 29to 62, among which 18 aa were fully conserved in all three viruses (FIG.5B). These 12-13K proteins may function in membrane binding (Morozov etal., “Nucleotide Sequence of the Open Reading Frames Adjacent to theCoat Protein in Potato Virus X Genome,” FEBS Letters 213:438-42 (1987),which is hereby incorporated by reference). The 8.5K protein encoded byRSPaV-1 ORF4, in contrast, showed much lower identities: 27.1% with thatof ASPV and 19.0% with that of PVM (Table 2). However, four residues“TGES” (aa 38 to 41) were conserved in all three viruses (FIG. 5C). Invitro studies indicated that the analagous 7K protein of PVM may bind tosingle or double stranded nucleic acids (Gramstat et al., “The 12 kDaProtein of Potato Virus M Displays Properties of a Nucleic Acid-BindingRegulatory Protein,” FEBS Letters, 276:34-348 (1990), which is herebyincorporated by reference) and to plasma membrane (Morozov et al., “Invitro Membrane Binding of the Translation Products of the Carlavirus 7kDa Protein Genes,” Virology 183:782-85 (1991), which is herebyincorporated by reference).

A sequence similarity search in a DNA database revealed identitiesbetween the putative protein encoded for by RSPaV-1 ORF5 to the coatproteins (CPs) of several groups of plant viruses, indicating thatRSPaV-1 ORF5 may code for the coat protein. MegAlign analysis revealedthat RSPaV-1 ORF5 had 31.3% and 21.2% identities with the CPs of ASPVand PVM, respectively (Table 2). Most of the identities were found inthe C terminal portion of the coat proteins (as 142 to 245 for RSPaV-1),while the N terminal portions were quite variable in the numbers andsequences of amino acid residues. When the C terminal portion of RSPaV-1CP was compared to the corresponding regions of ASPV and PVM, it showed49.5% and 33.3% identities with ASPV and PVM, respectively (Table 2). Inaddition, the “RR/QX-XFDF” motif was found in the central region ofRSPaV-1 CP (FIG. 5D). This motif is conserved in the CPs of positivestrand RNA viruses with filamentous morphology and were reported to beinvolved in salt bridge formation (Dolja et al., “Phylogeny of CapsidProteins of Rod-Shaped and Filamentous RNA Plant Virus: Two Familieswith Distinct Patterns of Sequence and Probably Structure Conservation.”Virology, 184:79-86 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference).Therefore, it is believed that ORF5 encodes a putative coat protein.

MegAlign analysis, shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, revealed that the 3′ UTR ofRSPaV-1 is more similar to that of PVM than to that of ASPV. Forexample, in a 75 nts stretch, RSPaV-1 had 68% identity with PVM. Withinthis region, 21 consecutive nucleotides were identical between these twoviruses. The significance of this conservation in nucleotide sequenceremains to be explored. In contrast, the 5′ UTR of RSPaV-1 did notreveal significant similarities, with those of PVM and ASPV.

It has been have shown that an 8.7 kbp dsRNA is consistently associatedwith grapevines that indexed positively on St. George for RSP. Sequenceanalyses of the dsRNA provide evidence that a virus is involved in RSP,which has now been named RSPaV-1. The complete nucleotide sequence ofRSPaV-1 was determined from overlapping cDNA clones and RT-PCR-amplifiedcDNA fragments generated from the dsRNA. The RSPaV-1 genome has fiveORFs coding for the putative replicase (ORF1), the triple gene block(ORF2-4), and the CP (ORF5). The existence of these ORFs and theirpotential to code for structural and non-structural viral proteins werefurther supported by the identification of conserved motifs which arethe signatures of various viral proteins.

This work confirms and extends the findings of Walter and Cameron(“Double-stranded RNA Isolated from Grapevines Affected by RupestrisStem Pitting Disease,” Am. J. Enology and Viticulture 42:175-79 (1991),which is hereby incorporated by reference), and Azzam and Gonsalves(“Detection of dsRNA in Grapevines Showing Symptoms of Rupestris StemPitting Disease and the Variabilities Encountered,” Plant Disease75:960-64 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference), whoobserved a major dsRNA species of about 8.0-8.3 kbp in RSP-infectedgrapevines. In addition, such work also observed a smaller dsRNA of ca.6.6 kbp. A dsRNA of similar size was also observed here, but it wasconsistently detected in only Colobel 257 and Seyval. The relationship,if any, of this smaller dsRNA to RSP remains to be determined. The smalldsRNA of ca. 0.359 kbp, which Monette et al. (“Double-stranded RNA fromRupestris Stem Pitting-Affected Grapevines,” Vitis 28:137-44 (1989),which is hereby incorporated by reference) isolated from RSP-infectedgrapevines growing in tissue culture, was not observed.

Electron microscopy evidence also suggests that RSP is caused byfilamentous virus(es). Tzeng et al. (“Anatomical and Tissue CultureStudies of Rupestris Stem Pitting-Affected Grapevines.” Botan. Bulletinof Acad. Sinica (Taipei) 34:73-82 (1993), which is hereby incorporatedby reference) observed flexuous filamentous virus aggregates in thephloem parenchyma cells of young shoots of Sylvner grapevines that hadindexed positively for RSP. Monette and Godkin (“Detection ofCapillovirus-like Particles in a Grapevine Affected with Rugose Wood.”Vitis 34:24142 (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference)observed a filamentous virus in Sauvignon blanc infected by RSP andLNSG. The relationship of these virus particles to RSP disease remainsto be studied.

Evidence suggests that the cDNA library generated from the isolateddsRNA templates is not homogeneous for only RSPaV-1. During the processof sequencing cDNA clones, several clones (e.g., RSP47-4 and RSP158)were identified with high, but not identical, sequence similarities toRSPaV-1.

RSPaV-1 has the most similarities to ASPV, which has not yet beengrouped into a virus genus. Both viruses have the same genomeorganization and their ORFs code for putative proteins of similar sizes,except that the coat protein of ASPV is significantly larger (44 kDa)than that of RSPaV-1(28 kDa). Comparisons of RSPaV-1 with PVM carlavirusshow some similarities in genome organization except that RSPaV-1 lacksORF6 which is located at the 3′ end of PVM genome. Although the genomeorganization of RSPaV-1 is similar to PVX potexvirus, the latter has amuch smaller putative replicase. RSPaV-1 has no relation to grapeviruses whose genomes have been sequenced so far. The closestpossibilities, GVA (Minafra et al., “Grapevine virus A: NucleotideSequence, Genome Organization, and Relationship in the TrichovirusGenus.” Arch. Virology 142:417-23 (1997), which is hereby incorporatedby reference) and GVB (Saldarelli et al., “The Nucleotide Sequence andGenomic Organization of Grapevine Virus B.” J. General Virology77:2645-52 (1996), which is hereby incorporated by reference), havedifferent genome structures than RSPaV-1.

Example 16 Specific and Universal Primers and the Detection of DifferentStrains of RSPaV by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction(RT-PCR)

Among the 138 grapevine entries collected, 25 indexed negatively and 93indexed positively for RSP on St. George, while the others were notindexed (see Tables 3-7 below). Symptoms induced by RSP on the woodycylinder of St. George after graft inoculation with chip-buds can bedivided into two types. The first type is called “specific”, that is,pits and/or grooves being restricted to the area on the woody cylinderbelow the inoculation sites. The other is called “nonspecific”, that is,pits and/or grooves being present above, around, and below theinoculation sites.

TABLE 3 Cultivar/Accession ID Index St. G RT-PCR Source Almeria K3 P 6611483-13D1 − − C Auxerrois CL 56 658-1A2 − −a C Auxerrois CL 56658-1A1-1A2 − − C GM 32458 604-8A2-2A2 − − C GM 7117-10 1347-16A1 − −a CItalia 1186-5B1 − − C Pslanka (H) 23-10A2-2A2 − − C Ventura (V. 51061)1166-2A1 − − C (H) Verdelet (H) 1170-3C2-2S1 − − C Verduzzo (V) 233A − −I Vivant (V. 63331) 1166-3A1 − − C (H) Control Sauvignon Blanc AV-4 #2 −−a U (V) Symbols: V., Vitis vinefera; R., Vitis riparia; H., hybrid; C.,Canada; I., Italy; U., USA; P., Portugal; a, tested by RSP149F1/R1 and95F1/R1 and results agree to each other; b, tested by 95F1/R1 only

TABLE 4 Cultivar/Accession ID Index St. G RT-PCR Source Aragonez 238 − +P (Temperanillo) Albalonga 1058-4A2-2A1 − + C Cabernet Franc (V) 147A− + I Chardonnay (V) 80A − + I Ehrenfelser PM 1 1169-1A1 − + C (V)Freedom (H) PI 588370 − +a U Harslevellu P 679 1483-2B1 − + C Heroldrebe1318-2A1 − + C Malvasia Fina 340 − + P Perle of Zala 1407-5A1 − + CRefosco (V) 181A − + I San Giovese 1497-2A1 − + C Brunello CL BBS 11Touriga Francesa 313 − + P Symbols: V., Vitis vinefera; R., Vitisriparia; H., hybrid; C., Canada; I., Italy; U., USA; P., Portugal; a,tested by RSP149F1/R1 and 95F1/R1 and results agree to each other; b,tested by 95F1/R1 only

TABLE 5 Cultivar/Accession ID Index St. G RT-PCR Source Albalonga1058-4A2-1A2 + + C Aminia (H) PI 588306 + + U Antao Vaz CL 245 + + PAragonez 350 + + P (Temperanillo) Auxerrois CL 56 658-1A1 + + CBadacsony-10 1407-1A1 + + C Bertille Seyve 3408 GVIT 348 + +b U (H)Bertille Seyve 5563 PI 181647 + +a U (H) Blauer Q1378-1 + +b CSpatburgunder Blauer Zwiegelt/ 1240-1A1 + +a C 5BB Bonbino B 91586-17P3 + + C Brant (H) 1078-1A1 + + C Cabernet Franc (V) 151A + + ICabernet Sauvignon 124A + + I (V) Cardinal Q390-13 + +b C Chardonnay (V)Q661-4 + +b C Chardonnay CL 116 1021-13A2 + +a C (V) Chardonnay (V)128B + +b I Chardonnay (V) 72A + +b I Chardonnay (V) 73A + +b IChardonnay (V) 83A + + I Chazan CL 538 1346-6A1 + +a C Chenin Blanc CL1555-6A1 + + C 220 Colobel 257 (Seibel PI 588062 + +a U 8357) (H)Couderc 28-112 (H) PI 588248 + +a U De Chaunac S9549 Q659-1 + +b C (H)Durella 3 1586-13P1 + + C Esgana cao 276 + + P Egri Csillagok-301407-3A1 + + C Gamay Precoce 1500-2A1 + + C GM 31875 782-18A1 + +a C GM32458 604-8A1 + + C GM 32458 782-21B1 + + C GM 6417-7 1347-7A1 + + C GM6497-4 1347-14A1 + + C GM 7116-10 1362-4A1 + + C GM 7117-131347-17A2 + + C Grande Glabre (R) 279897 + +a U Gyongyriziling1407-4A1 + + C ILL 344-1 (H) GVIT 658 + +a U Joffre (Kuhlmann GVIT 381 ++a U 187-1) (H) Koret (H) Q1179-7 + +b C Malvasia (V) 153A + + IMalvasia (V) 161A + + I Merlot CL 447 (V) 1236-17A1 + + C Moureto 87 + +P Moureto 96 + + P Muscat De 1346-5A1 + + C Hambourg CL 202 Perle ofCsaba Q806-1 + +b C Pinot Chardonnay 949-3A2 + +a C CL 76 (V) PinotChardonny 949-8B1 + + C CL 277 (V) Pinot Grigio (V) 104A + +b I PinotGrigio (V) 108A + +b I Pinot Grigio (V) 114A + + I Pollux B6-181357-4A1 + + C Pslanka (H) 23-10A2 + + C Ravat 34 PI 588247 + +a URefosco (V) 190A + +? I Refosco (V) 195A + + I Riesling CL 49 (V)1555-2A1 + +a C San Giovese 1497-3B1 + + C Brunello CL E BS 4 Schew-Rebe778-6A1 + +a C Semillon CL 299 1555-7A1 + +a C (V) Seyval Blanc PI588309 + +a U (Seyve Villard 5-276) (H) Seyve Villard PI 588246 + +a U14-287 (H) Seyve Villard PI 181630 + +a U 3160 (H) Titan Q1235-1 + +b CVerdelet (H) PI 186260 + +a U Verdelho 274 + + P Verduzzo (V) 222A + +bI Verduzzo (V) 226A + +b I Verduzzo (V) 239A + + I Vidal Blanc1200-5A1 + +a C Weiser Burgunder Q782-40 + +b C 3309 C 330-4A1 + + C 420A 1483-4A1 + + C 7542 Q1386-1 + +b C Pinot Noir (V) 1186-9A2 + +a CThompson Seedless RSP105 + +a U (V) Symbols: V., Vitis vinefera; R.,Vitis riparia; H., hybrid; C., Canada; I., Italy; U., USA; P., Portugal;a, tested by RSP149F1/R1 and 95F1/R1 and results agree to each other; b,tested by 95F1/R1 only.

TABLE 6 Cultivar/Accession ID Index St. G RT-PCR Source AligoteQ637-2B2 + −b C Aragonez 232 + − P (Temperanillo) Canandaigua (H) GVIT566 + -a U Challenger (H) Q1338-1 + -b C Fercal CL 242 1551-4A1 + -a CGM 7746-6 1362-6A1 + − C Gravesac CL 264 1551-3A1 + -a C Honey Red1339-6A1 + − C Kee-Wah-Din (H) 1278-iA1 + − C Periquita 72 + − PTajoznyt Izumrud Q2-2 + −b C (H) Thurling 1047-4A2-1A2 + − C Verdelet1170-3D2-2A1 + − C 5BB CL 114 1236-2A1 + − C Alphonse Lavalle NI + IAncellotta NI + I Chardonnay (V) 127 NI + I Kober 5BB? 100 NI + IMoscato d'Adda 7 NI + I Periquita 624 NI + P Periquita 633 NI + PRiesling (V) 3 NI + I Seyval (H) Peterson NI + U Terrano 1/1/3/K NI + IThurling 1047-4A2-2A1 NI − C Tocai Rosso 19 1586-21P4 NI + C TrebbianoToscano 67 NI − I Vidal Peterson NI + U Symbols: V., Vitis vinefera; R.,Vitis riparia; H., hybrid; NI, not indexed; C., Canada; I., Italy; U.,USA; P., Portugal; a, tested by RSP149F1/R1 and 95F1/R1 and resultsagree to each other; b, tested by 95F1/R1 only

TABLE 7 Cultivar/Accession ID Index St. G RT-PCR Source V. acerifolia PI588448 NI − U V. acerifolia PI 588449 NI − U V. cinerea PI 588446 NI − UV. monticola PI 588454 NI − U V. riparia PI 495622 NI − U V. sp.yenshanesis PI 588421 NI − U Symbols: V., Vitis vinefera; R., Vitisriparia; H., hybrid; NI, not indexed; C., Canada; I., Italy; U., USA;P., Portugal; a, tested by RSP149F1/R1 and 95F1/R1 and results agree toeach other; b, tested by 95F1/R1 only

Among the 93 RSP-infected grapevines, 79 (85%) produced cDNA fragmentsof expected sizes in repeated RT-PCR using RSP149F1/R1 primers (SEQ. ID.Nos. 49 and 50) and/or RSP95F1/R1 primers (SEQ. ID. Nos. 47 and 48),while the other 14 were negative (see Tables 5 and 6). Interestingly, 12of 14 (85.7%) grapevine accessions which were not indexed for RSP alsoproduced cDNA fragments of expected size in RT-PCR (see Table 6).Sauvignon blanc (healthy control) was negative in repeated RT-PCR (seeTable 3).

Results of RT-PCR for grapevines indexed negatively for RSP weresurprising (see Tables 3 and 4). While 11 were negative in RT-PCR tests(excluding Sauvignon blanc healthy control), the other 13 produced cDNAfragments of expected sizes.

Since RSPaV-1 was detected not only from grapevines which indexedpositively for RSP but also from some of the grapevines indexednegatively for RSP, a search for more healthy materials for RT-PCR testsbecame necessary. As the majority of plant viruses do not pass onthrough seeds, grapevine seedlings are probably free of RSPaV-1. Basedon this assumption, six seedlings from five Vitis species were includedin RT-PCR (see Table 7). None of them produce cDNA of expected size inRT-PCR using RSP149R1/F1 primers (SEQ. ID. Nos. 49 and 50).

The data described above (and shown in Tables 3-7) indicate that RSPaV-1is closely associated with RSP and that it is likely the causal agent ofRSP. RT-PCR detected RSPaV-1 specific sequences from most of theRSP-infected grapevines collected from a wide range of viticulturalregions of the world. Among the 93 grapevine accessions indexedpositively for RSP on St. George, 85% were positive in RT-PCR (see Table5). The data also suggests that RT-PCR has the potential to be used as astandard method for diagnosing RSP. This method is advantageous over thebiological indexing on indicator St. George, because it is simpler,quicker, and more sensitive.

RT-PCR did not detect RSPaV-1 sequences from 14 of the grapevineaccessions indexed positively for RSP (see Table 6). The discrepancybetween RT-PCR and indicator indexing can be attributed to the existencein grapevines of different viruses or strains of the same virus whichmay all induce similar pitting and/or grooving symptoms on St. Georgeupon graft-inoculation. It is believed these agents are only slightlydifferent from RSPaV-1 at the level of their nucleotide sequences, butsignificant enough to hinder them from being detected by RT-PCR usingRSPaV-1 specific primers.

It is likely that many RSPaV strains have genomes with nucleotidesequences that are highly similar to the nucleotide sequence of theRSPaV-1 genome. Evidence that supports this hypothesis includes thefinding of a highly conserved region of ca. 600 bps among the nucleotidesequences of RSPaV-1 (type strain) and seven other cDNA clones, as shownin FIG. 9. The nucleotide sequence identities of these strains toRSPaV-1 (type strain) range from 83.6% to 98.4%. If oligonucleotides arechosen which are conserved among all these strains (i.e., with one oronly a few mismatches), then the oligonucleotides should function asuniversal primers, allowing all of the strains to be detected by RT-PCR.Based on this theory, a primer pair (BM98-3F/BM98-3R) can be designed toamplify a DNA fragment of 320 bps from all these clones. BM98-3F has anucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 51 as follows:

GATGAGGTCCAGTTGTTTCC 20

BM98-3R has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 52 asfollows:

ATCCAAAGGACCTTTTGACC 20

Primers BM98-3FBM98-3R can be used in RT-PCR to test further some of thegrapevine samples which were negative for RSPaV in RT-PCR usingRSP95F1/RSP95R1 primers (SEQ. ID. Nos. 47 and 48, respectively) orRSP149F1/RSP149R1 primers (SEQ. ID. Nos. 49 and 50, respectively).Results show that 6 of the 9 samples included were positive for RSPaV inRT-PCR using BM98-3FBM98-3R primers. This indicates that these universalprimers can be used to achieve even higher detection rates.

Another pair of primers (BM98-1FBM98-1R) can be designed in a way thatthey can amplify DNA of 760 bps from RSPaV-1, RSP47-4, and RSP 158.

BM98-1F has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 53 asfollows:

CTTGATGAGTACTTGTC 17

BM98-1R has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 54 asfollows:

GCAAGGATTTGGATGGC 17

Other “universal primers” can be designed manually or with computerprograms (such as PrimerSelect) in the same way so that they containconserved regions of nucleotide sequences for different strains ofRSPaV-1.

RT-PCR detected RSPaV-1 sequences from 54% of grapevines negative forRSP as judged by indexing on St. George (see Tables 3 and 4). Severalpossibilities may account for this discrepancy. First, RT-PCR is muchmore sensitive than indicator indexing. Virus(es) of extremely lowconcentration may not induce visible symptoms on St. George within thestandard indexing period, while they can be detected by RT-PCR Second,judging indexing results can, in some cases, be very subjective. Forexample, it is very difficult to reach a conclusion on whether agrapevine is infected with RSP when only one or a few small pits arepresent on the woody cylinder of St. George. Third, uneven distributionof virus(es) within grapevines and the relatively limited number ofreplicates of St. George indicators may result in the failure to detectRSP-infection.

RSP seems to be widespread in different types of grapevines including V.vinifera, hybrids, V. riparia, and rootstocks. It occurs in a wide rangeof geographic regions including North America, Europe, Australia, andpossibly many other countries as well. Testing grapevines from otherareas of the world using RSPaV-1 specific primers will providedefinitive information on the exact distribution of RSP throughout theworld. It is also interesting to investigate whether RSP is transmittedby any vectors in nature.

RSP is a disease under quarantine in Washington and New York of the USA.Since this work and the work of others (Golino and Butler, “APreliminary Analysis of Grapevine Indexing Records at Davis, Calif.,” inProceedings of the 10th Meeting of the ICVG, pp. 369-72, Rumbos et al.,eds., Volos, Greece (1990); Azzam and Gonsalves, “Detection of dsRNA inGrapevines Showing Symptoms of Rupestris Stem Pitting Disease and theVariabilities Encountered” Plant Disease. 75:96-964 (1991); Garau,“Kober Stem Grooving and Grapevine Virus A: A Possible Relationship,” inExtended Abstracts of the 11th Meeting of the International Council forthe Study of Viruses and Virus Diseases of the Grapevine, p. 54,Montreux, Switzerland (1993); Credi, “Characterization of GrapevineRugose Wood Sources from Italy,” Plant Disease, 82:1288-92 (1997), allof which are hereby incorporated by reference) showed that RSP is sowide-spread, it is questionable whether or not RSP should be kept underplant quarantine any longer. The development and advance of rapiddiagnostic methods will also allow us to investigate on the economicdamage caused by RSP.

According to Goheen (“Rupestris Stem Pitting,” in Compendium of GraveDiseases, p. 53, Pearson and Goheen, eds., American PhytopathologicalSociety Press, St. Paul, Minn., USA (1988), which is hereby incorporatedby reference), RSP is a disease which induces, after graft-inoculationwith a chip bud from an infected grapevine, a row of small pits on thewoody cylinder of St. George below the point of inoculation. Thisdefinition may not be comprehensive. Indexing record indicated that twotypes of stem pitting (specific vs. nonspecific) were often observed onthe woody cylinder of St. George upon graft inoculation with chip buds.For example, among 16 RSP-positive grapevines collected from Canada in1995, eight developed specific type symptoms, while the others producednonspecific symptoms. Credi (“Characterization of Grapevine Rugose WoodSources from Italy,” Plant Disease, 82:1288-92 (1997), which is herebyincorporated by reference) also observed these two types of stem pittingin his indexing work. However, from the primers used in RT-PCR, asdescribed above, RSPaV-1 was detected in grapevines showing both typesof symptoms on St. George.

Thus, RT-PCR detected RSPaV-1 sequences from a wide range of grapevinescollected from a number of major grapevine growing countries. The dataclearly suggest that RSPaV-1 is closely associated with Rupestris stempitting of grapevines and that it is likely the causal virus of RSP. Useof “universal” primers which can detect multiple agents which are highlysimilar to RSPaV-1 in nucleotide sequences would improve the detectionrate by RT-PCR. In addition, antibodies produced againstbacteria-expressed coat proteins of RSPaV-1 will help in fording theviral particles from RSP infected grapevines and in rapid detection ofRSP.

Example 17 Southern Hybridization

To confirm the specificity of the RT-PCR products to RSPaV-1, Southernblot hybridization was conducted using 32P labeled probe specific toRSPaV-1. As shown in FIG. 7, the Southern blot hybridization confirmedthe results of the RT-PCR in each of the tested samples. Specifically,cDNA fragments amplified by RT-PCR from 16 selected RT-PCR positivesamples hybridized with the probe.

Example 18 Constructing Expression Systems, Expression of a FusionProtein Containing the RSPaV-1 Coat Protein, Production of AntibodiesAgainst the Fusion Protein and Their Use in Detecting RSPaV-1 fromGrapevines

The coat protein gene (SEQ. ID. No. 10) of RSPaV-1 was cloned into theEcoRI and HindIII sites of the polylinker region of a protein expressionvector pMAL-c2 which, upon induction by inducer IPTG, produces a fusionprotein containing maltose binding protein (MBP) and the coat protein ofRSPaV-1. The fusion protein of expected size (ca. 71 KDa) was producedin E. coli bacteria after induction with IPTG. This fusion protein waspurified through affinity chromatography using an amylose column.Purified fusion protein was used as an antigen to immunize a rabbit (bysubcutaneous injection along the back) with the following scheme:

first injection, 400 μg fusion protein in 0.5 ml column buffer withFreund's complete adjuvant;

second injection, 100 μg of protein in 0.5 ml column buffer withFreund's incomplete adjuvant; and

third injection, 100 μg of protein in 0.5 ml buffer with Freund'sincomplete adjuvant.

Blood containing the antibodies was collected 70 days after the firstinjection. The antibodies were recovered and successfully used in anenzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay to detect the presence of virusparticles (i.e., coat protein) of RSPaV-1 from a variety of tissue typesof grapevines infected with RSP.

The antibodies produced against the expressed RSPaV-1 coat protein,therefore, are useful in the identification of the particles associatedwith RSP disease of grapevines, in the purification of the particles ofRSPaV-1, and in the development of a serological diagnosis for RSP ingrapevine. The use of the antibodies is suitable for detecting differentstrains of RSPaV-1. Because the coat proteins for strains RSP47-4 andRSP158 have high amino acid identities with the coat protein of RSPaV-1,it is very likely that the antibodies raised against RSPaV-1 coatprotein will also detect other strains. Antibodies can be used in anELISA to assay rapidly a large number of samples, thus making commercialdevelopment and utilization of diagnostic kits possible.

Example 19 Transformation of Grapevines with a Vector Containing RSPaV-1Coat Protein Gene and Analysis of Transgenic Grapevines for Resistanceto RSP

The DNA molecule coding for the RSPaV-1 coat protein (e.g., SEQ. ID. No.10) was cloned into a pEPT8 plant expression vector that contains thedouble 35S enhancer at restriction sites Salt and BamHI. The resultingrecombinant plasmid, designated pEPT8/RSPaV-1 coat protein, was thencloned into the plant transformation vector pGA482G, which hasresistance genes to gentamycin and tetracycline as selection markers.The resultant pGA482G containing pEPT8/RSPaV-1 CP was used to transformgrapevines using the Agrobacterium method.

The rootstock Vitis rupestris Scheele St. George was used in genetictransformation. Anthers were excised aseptically from flower buds. Thepollen was crushed on a microscope slide with acetocarmine to observethe cytological stage (Bouquet et al., “Influence du Gentype sun laProduction de cals: Dembryoides et Plantes Entieres par Culture Danthersin vitro dans le Genre Vitis.” C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris III 295:560-74(1982), which is hereby incorporated by reference). This was done todetermine which stage was most favorable for callus induction.

Anthers were plated under aseptic condition at a density of 40 to 50 per9 em diameter Pete dish containing MSE. Plates were cultured at 28° C.in the dark. After 60 days, embryos were induced and transferred tohormone-free medium (HMG) for differentiation. Torpedo stage embryoswere transferred to MGC medium to promote embryo germination. Cultureswere maintained in the dark at 26-28° C. and transferred to fresh mediumat 3-4 week intervals. Elongated embryos were transferred to rootingmedium (5-8 embryos per jar). The embryos were grown in a tissue cultureroom at 25° C. with a daily 16 h photoperiod (76 μmol. s) to induceshoot and root formation. After plants developed roots, they weretransplanted to soil in the greenhouse.

The protocols used for transformation were modified from those describedby Scoria et al., “Transformation of Grape (Vitis vinifera L.)Zygotic-Derived Somatic Embryos and Regeneration of Transgenic Plants,”Plant Cell Rot. 14;589-92 (1995), which is hereby incorporated byreference. Overnight cultures of Agrobacterium strain C58Z707 or LBA4404were grown in LB medium at 28° C. in a shaking incubator. Bacteria werecentrifuged for 5 minutes at 3000-5000 rpm and re-suspended in MS liquidmedium (OD 1.0 at A600 nm). Calli with embryos were immersed in thebacterial suspension for 15-30 minutes, blotted dry, and transferred toHMG medium with or without acetosyringone (100 μM). Embryogenic calliwere co-cultivated with the bacteria for 48 h in the dark at 28° C. Theplant material was then washed in MS liquid plus cefotaxime (300 mg/ml)and carbenicillin (200 mg/ml) 2-3 times. To select transgenic embryos,the material was transferred to HMG medium containing either 20 or 40mg/L kanamycin, 300 mg/L cefotaxime, and 200 mg/L carbenicillin.Alternatively, after co-cultivation, embryogenic calli were transferredto initiation MSE medium containing 25 mg/l kanamycin plus the sameantibiotics listed above. All plant materials were incubated incontinuous darkness at 28° C. After growth on selection medium for 3months, embryos were transferred to HMG or MGC without kanamycin topromote elongation of embryos. They were then transferred to rootingmedium without antibiotics. Non-transformed calli were grown on the samemedia with and without kanamycin to verify the efficiency of thekanamycin selection process.

The X-glue (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indoyl-β-glucuronidase) histochemicalassay was used to detect GUS (β-glucuronidase) activity in embryos andplants that were transformed with constructs containing the GUS genethat survived kanamycin selection. All propagated plants were screenedusing an enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) system (5 Prime-3Prime, Boulder, Co.) to detect the NPTII (neomycin phosphotransferaseII) protein in leaf extracts. ELISA tests with respective coat protein(CP)specific antibodies were used to assay for CP. ELISA results wereread on an SLT Spectra ELISA reader (Tecan U.S. Inc., Research TrianglePark, N.C.) 15-60 minutes after the substrate was added.

PCR analysis was carried out to detect the presence of transgenesequences in grape plants. Genomic DNA was isolated from transformed andnon-transformed grape plants according to the method of Lodhi et al., “ASimple and Efficient Method for DNA Extraction from Grapevine Cultivarsand Vitis Species,” Plant Mol. Biol. Rpt. 12:6-13 (1994), which ishereby incorporated by reference. Primer sets included those of specificprimers to the transgene. DNA was initially denatured at 94° C. for 3minutes, then amplified by 35 cycles of 1 minute at 94° C. (denaturing),1 minute at 52° C. (annealing), and 2 minutes at 72° C. (polymerizing).Reaction samples were directly loaded and electrophoresed in 1.5%agarose gels.

Southern analysis of transformants was accomplished by extractinggenomic DNA from young leaves of transformed and non-transformed plants(3309C) as described above. DNA (10 μg) was digested with therestriction enzyme Bgl II, electrophoresed on a 0.8% agarose gel in TAEbuffer and transferred to a Genescreen Plus membrane by capillary in10×SSC. A probe was prepared by random primer labeling of a PCRamplified gene coding sequence with radioisotope ³²p-dATP (Dupont, NEN).Pre-hybridization and hybridization steps were carried out at 65° C.following the manufacturer's instruction. The autoradiograph wasdeveloped after overnight exposure.

Although the invention has been described in detail for the purposes ofillustration, it is understood that such detail is solely for thatpurpose, and variations can be made therein by those skilled in the artwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention which isdefined by the following claims.

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1680 tgggcagtcaaaattgttca ggtttttggt ggacgactgt gctatgcgtg aggttagaag 1740 ttcctataaggtgggccttt ttaagcacat aaaagccctc actcattgct ttaattcttg 1800 tggcctccaatggttcctcc ttaggcaaag gtccaacctc aaatttctga aggacagggc 1860 atcgtcctttgctgatcttg attgtgaggt tatcaaagtt tatcagcttg taacatcaca 1920 ggcaatacttcctgaggctc tgcttagctt gaccaaagtc tttgtcaggg attctgactc 1980 aaagggtgtttccattccca gattggtctc gagaaatgag ctagaggaac tagctcaccc 2040 agctaattcagcccttgagg agcctcaatc agttgattgt aatgcaggca gggttcaagc 2100 aagcgtttcaagttcccagc agcttgccga cacccactct cttggtagcg ttaagtcatc 2160 aattgagacagctaacaagg cttttaactt ggaggagcta aggatcatga ttagagtctt 2220 gccggaggattttaactggg tggcgaagaa cattggtttt aaagacaggc tgagaggcag 2280 gggtgcatcattcttctcaa aaccaggaat ttcatgtcat agttacaatg gtgggagcca 2340 cacaagcttagggtggccaa agttcatgga tcagattcta agctccactg gtggacgtaa 2400 ttactacaattcatgcctgg ctcagatcta tgaggaaaat tcaaaattgg ctcttcataa 2460 ggatgatgagagttgctatg aaattgggca caaagttttg actgttaatt taatcggctc 2520 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tgatctgatc aattttttggacgttgccaa gccaagcatg 600 ctcttggcaa ctgcagtaat ccctccagaa gtgctggttggctctccaga gagtcttaac 660 ccttgggcct accagtataa aatcaatggc aaccaactgctcttcgcacc agatggcaac 720 tggaatgaga tgtactcaca acctttgtca tgcagatacctgctcaaggc cagatctgta 780 gttctgcccg atggctcacg ctactcggtt gacatcattcactcaaaatt tagtcaccac 840 ttgcttagtt tcacccctat gggtaatctt ttgacttcaaacatgcgatg tttttctggc 900 ttcgatgcaa taggcataaa agatcttgaa cctctaagccgcggcatgca cagttgcttc 960 ccagtacatc atgatgttgt aactaagata tatctttatttgagaactct caagaagcca 1020 gataaggagt ctgccgaggc aaagcttcga caactcatagaaaaacccac agggagggag 1080 ataaagttta tcgaggattt ttcctcacta gtaataaattgtgggaggag tggctctttg 1140 cttatgccca acatttctaa gttggtcata tcattcttttgccggatgat gccaaatgca 1200 ctcgccaggc tctcttctag ctttcgagag tgttcgctagattcatttgt gtactcactt 1260 gagcccttta atttttccgt taatttagtg gatataactcctgatttctt tgagcattta 1320 tttctcttct cctgcctaaa tgagttgatc gaggaggacgttgaagaggt catggacaat 1380 tcttggtttg gacttgggga cttacaattc aatcgccagagggccccgtt ctttcttggg 1440 tcttcatatt ggctcaactc caaattttca gttgagcacaagttttcagg caccatcaat 1500 tctcaaatca tgcaagttat tttatctttg atcccattttctgatgatcc cacttttagg 1560 ccatcttcta cagaggttaa ccttgcacta tcagaggttaaggctgcgct agaagctact 1620 gggcagtcaa aattgttcag gtttttggtg gacgactgtgctatgcgtga ggttagaagt 1680 tcctataagg tgggcctttt taagcacata aaagccctcactcattgctt taattcttgt 1740 ggcctccaat ggttcctcct taggcaaagg tccaacctcaaatttctgaa ggacagggca 1800 tcgtcctttg ctgatcttga ttgtgaggtt atcaaagtttatcagcttgt aacatcacag 1860 gcaatacttc ctgaggctct gcttagcttg accaaagtctttgtcaggga ttctgactca 1920 aagggtgttt ccattcccag attggtctcg agaaatgagctagaggaact agctcaccca 1980 gctaattcag cccttgagga gcctcaatca gttgattgtaatgcaggcag ggttcaagca 2040 agcgtttcaa gttcccagca gcttgccgac acccactctcttggtagcgt taagtcatca 2100 attgagacag ctaacaaggc ttttaacttg gaggagctaaggatcatgat tagagtcttg 2160 ccggaggatt ttaactgggt ggcgaagaac attggttttaaagacaggct gagaggcagg 2220 ggtgcatcat tcttctcaaa accaggaatt tcatgtcatagttacaatgg tgggagccac 2280 acaagcttag ggtggccaaa gttcatggat cagattctaagctccactgg tggacgtaat 2340 tactacaatt catgcctggc tcagatctat gaggaaaattcaaaattggc tcttcataag 2400 gatgatgaga gttgctatga aattgggcac aaagttttgactgttaattt aatcggctca 2460 gcaactttca ctattagtaa gtcgcgaaat ttggttgggggtaatcattg cagcctgaca 2520 attgggccaa atgagttttt cgaaatgcct aggggcatgcaatgcaatta cttccatggg 2580 gtttccaatt gtacgccagg gcgggtatcg ctgacctttaggcgccaaaa gttggaagat 2640 gatgatttga tcttcataaa tccacaggtg cccattgagctcaatcatga aaagcttgac 2700 cgaagtatgt ggcagatggg ccttcatgga attaagaaatctatttctat gaatggcacg 2760 agttttacct cagacctatg ctcttgtttc tcttgccacaactttcataa attcaaggat 2820 ctcatcaata acttgagatt ggccctagga gcacaagggctaggtcagtg tgacagggtt 2880 gtgtttgcaa caacaggtcc tggtctatct aaggttttagaaatgcctcg gagcaaaaag 2940 caatcaattt tggttcttga aggtgcccta tccatagaaacagattatgg tccaaaagtc 3000 ctggggtctt ttgaagtttt caaaggggac tttcacattaagaagatgga ggaaggttca 3060 atttttgtaa taacgtacaa ggccccaatt agatccactggcaggttgag ggttcacagt 3120 tcagaatgct cattttccgg atccaaagag gtattgctaggctgccagat tgaggcatgt 3180 gctgattatg atattgatga ttttaacact ttctctgtgcctggtgatgg caattgcttt 3240 tggcattctg ttggtttttt acttagcact gatggacttgccctaaaggc cggtattcga 3300 tctttcgtgg agagtgagcg cttggtaagt ccagatctttcagccccagc aatttctaaa 3360 caattggaag agaatgctta tgccgagaat gagatgatcgcattattctg cattcggcac 3420 cacgtaaggc ctatagtgat cacaccagaa tatgaagttagttggaaatt cggggaaggt 3480 gagtggcccc tatgtggaat tctttgcctt aaatcaaatcacttccaacc atgcgcccca 3540 ctgaatggtt gcatgatcac agccattgct tcagcacttggaaggcgtga agttgatgtg 3600 ttaaattatc tgtgtagacc cagcactaat catatttttgaggagctttg tcagggaggg 3660 ggccttaaca tgatgtattt agctgaagct tttgaggcctttgacatttg cgctaaatgt 3720 gatataaatg gagagattga agtgattaat ccgtgtggtaaaatttctgc attgtttgac 3780 ataactaatg agcacataag gcatgttgag aaaataggtaatggccctca gagcataaaa 3840 gtggatgaat tgcggaaggt caagcgatcc gccctcgatttcctttcaat gaatgggtct 3900 aaaataacct acttcccaag ctttgagcgg gctgaaaagttgcaaggatg tttgctaggg 3960 ggcctaactg gcgttataag tgatgagaag ttcagtgatgcaaaaccttg gctttctggt 4020 atatctacta ctgatattaa gccaagggaa ttgactgtcgtgcttggtac atttggggct 4080 gggaagagtt tcttgtacaa gagtttcatg aaaaggtctgagggtaaatt cgtaaccttt 4140 gtttctccca gacgtgcttt agcaaattca atcaaaaatgatcttgaaat ggatgatagc 4200 tgcaaagttg ctaaagcagg taggtcaaag aaggaagggtgggatgtagt aacttttgag 4260 gttttcctta gaaaagttgc aggattgaag gctggccactgtgtgatttt tgatgaggtc 4320 cagttgtttc ctcctggata catcgatcta tgcttgcttattatacgtag tgatgctttc 4380 atttcacttg ctggtgatcc atgtcaaagc acatatgactcgcaaaagga tcgggcaatt 4440 ttgggcgctg agcagagtga catacttaga ctgcttgagggcaaaacgta taggtataac 4500 atagaaagca ggaggtttgt gaacccaatg ttcgaatcaagactgccatg tcacttcaaa 4560 aagggctcga tgactgccgc tttcgctgat tatgcaatcttccataatat gcatgacttt 4620 ctcctggcga ggtcaaaagg tcccttggat gccgttttggtttccagttt tgaggagaaa 4680 aagatagtcc agtcctactt tggaatgaaa cagctcacactcacatttgg tgaatcaact 4740 gggttgaatt tcaaaaatgg gggaattctc atatcacatgattcctttca cacagatgat 4800 cggcggtggc ttactgcttt atctcgcttc agccacaatttggatttggt gaacatcaca 4860 ggtctgaggg tggaaagttt tctctcgcac tttgctggcaaacccctcta ccatttttta 4920 acagccaaaa gtggggagaa tgtcatacga gatttgctcccaggtgagcc taacttcttc 4980 agtggcttta acgttagcat tggaaagaat gaaggtgttagggaggagaa gttatgtggt 5040 gacccatggt taaaagttat gcttttcctg ggtcaagatgaggattgtga agttgaagag 5100 atggagtcag aatgctcaaa tgaagaatgg tttaaaacccacatcccctt gagtaatctg 5160 gagtcaacca gggccaggtg ggtgggtaaa atggccttgaaagagtatcg ggaggtgcgt 5220 tgtggttatg aaatgactca acaattcttt gatgagcataggggtggaac tggtgagcaa 5280 ctgagcaatg catgtgagag gtttgaaagc atttacccaaggcataaagg aaatgattca 5340 ataaccttcc tcatggctgt ccgaaagcgt ctcaaattttcgaagcccca ggttgaagct 5400 gccaaactga ggcgggccaa accatatggg aaattcttattagattcttt cctatccaaa 5460 atcccattga aagccagtca taattccatc atgtttcatgaagcggtaca ggagtttgag 5520 gcgaagaagg ctagtaagag tgcagcaact atagagaatcatgcaggtag gtcatgcagg 5580 gattggttat tagatgttgc tctgattttt atgaagtcacaacactgtac taaatttgac 5640 aacaggctta gagtagctaa agctgggcaa acccttgcttgcttccaaca tgctgttctg 5700 gttcgctttg caccctatat gagatacatt gagaaaaagctaatgcaagc tctgaagcct 5760 aacttctaca tccattcagg gaaaggtctg acgagctgaacgagtgggtc agaactagag 5820 gattcactgg aatttgcaca gaatcagact acgaagcctttgatgcttcc caagaccact 5880 tcatcctagc attcgaattg cagataatga aatttttggggttacctgaa gatttaattt 5940 tggactatga attcataaaa attcatttgg gatcaaagctcggatcattc tctataatga 6000 ggtttactgg ggaggccagc acatttctgt ttaacactatggctaacatg ttgttcacct 6060 ttctgaggta cgaactaaca ggctctgagt caatagcatttgcaggtgat gacatgtgtg 6120 ctaatcgaag gttgcggctt aaaacagagc atgagggttttctgaacatg atttgcctta 6180 aggccaaggt tcagtttgtt tccaatccca cattctgcggatggtgttta tttaaggaag 6240 ggatcttcaa gaagcctcaa ttaatctggg agcggatatgcattgctagg gagatgggca 6300 acctggagaa ttgtattgac aattatgcga tagaggtctcctatgcatac cgactgggag 6360 agctagccat tgaaatgatg accgaggaag aagtggaggcccattataat tgtgttagat 6420 tcttggtcag gaacaagcat aagatgagat gctcaatttcaggcctattt gaagctattg 6480 attag 6485 3 2161 PRT Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 3 Met Ala Leu Ser Tyr Arg Pro Ala Val Glu Glu Val LeuAla Lys Phe 1 5 10 15 Thr Ser Asp Glu Gln Ser Arg Val Ser Ala Thr AlaLeu Lys Ala Leu 20 25 30 Val Asp Leu Glu Glu Ser Gln His Asn Leu Phe SerPhe Ala Leu Pro 35 40 45 Asp Arg Ser Lys Glu Arg Leu Ile Ser Ser Gly IleTyr Leu Ser Pro 50 55 60 Tyr Ser Phe Arg Pro His Ser His Pro Val Cys LysThr Leu Glu Asn 65 70 75 80 His Ile Leu Tyr Asn Val Leu Pro Ser Tyr ValAsn Asn Ser Phe Tyr 85 90 95 Phe Val Gly Ile Lys Asp Phe Lys Leu Gln PheLeu Lys Arg Arg Asn 100 105 110 Lys Asp Leu Ser Leu Val Ala Leu Ile AsnArg Phe Val Thr Ser Arg 115 120 125 Asp Val Ser Arg Tyr Gly Ser Glu PheVal Ile Ser Ser Ser Asp Lys 130 135 140 Ser Ser Gln Val Val Ser Arg LysGly Ile Gly Asp Ser Asn Thr Leu 145 150 155 160 Arg Arg Leu Val Pro ArgVal Ile Ser Thr Gly Ala Arg Asn Leu Phe 165 170 175 Leu His Asp Glu IleHis Tyr Trp Ser Ile Ser Asp Leu Ile Asn Phe 180 185 190 Leu Asp Val AlaLys Pro Ser Met Leu Leu Ala Thr Ala Val Ile Pro 195 200 205 Pro Glu ValLeu Val Gly Ser Pro Glu Ser Leu Asn Pro Trp Ala Tyr 210 215 220 Gln TyrLys Ile Asn Gly Asn Gln Leu Leu Phe Ala Pro Asp Gly Asn 225 230 235 240Trp Asn Glu Met Tyr Ser Gln Pro Leu Ser Cys Arg Tyr Leu Leu Lys 245 250255 Ala Arg Ser Val Val Leu Pro Asp Gly Ser Arg Tyr Ser Val Asp Ile 260265 270 Ile His Ser Lys Phe Ser His His Leu Leu Ser Phe Thr Pro Met Gly275 280 285 Asn Leu Leu Thr Ser Asn Met Arg Cys Phe Ser Gly Phe Asp AlaIle 290 295 300 Gly Ile Lys Asp Leu Glu Pro Leu Ser Arg Gly Met His SerCys Phe 305 310 315 320 Pro Val His His Asp Val Val Thr Lys Ile Tyr LeuTyr Leu Arg Thr 325 330 335 Leu Lys Lys Pro Asp Lys Glu Ser Ala Glu AlaLys Leu Arg Gln Leu 340 345 350 Ile Glu Lys Pro Thr Gly Arg Glu Ile LysPhe Ile Glu Asp Phe Ser 355 360 365 Ser Leu Val Ile Asn Cys Gly Arg SerGly Ser Leu Leu Met Pro Asn 370 375 380 Ile Ser Lys Leu Val Ile Ser PhePhe Cys Arg Met Met Pro Asn Ala 385 390 395 400 Leu Ala Arg Leu Ser SerSer Phe Arg Glu Cys Ser Leu Asp Ser Phe 405 410 415 Val Tyr Ser Leu GluPro Phe Asn Phe Ser Val Asn Leu Val Asp Ile 420 425 430 Thr Pro Asp PhePhe Glu His Leu Phe Leu Phe Ser Cys Leu Asn Glu 435 440 445 Leu Ile GluGlu Asp Val Glu Glu Val Met Asp Asn Ser Trp Phe Gly 450 455 460 Leu GlyAsp Leu Gln Phe Asn Arg Gln Arg Ala Pro Phe Phe Leu Gly 465 470 475 480Ser Ser Tyr Trp Leu Asn Ser Lys Phe Ser Val Glu His Lys Phe Ser 485 490495 Gly Thr Ile Asn Ser Gln Ile Met Gln Val Ile Leu Ser Leu Ile Pro 500505 510 Phe Ser Asp Asp Pro Thr Phe Arg Pro Ser Ser Thr Glu Val Asn Leu515 520 525 Ala Leu Ser Glu Val Lys Ala Ala Leu Glu Ala Thr Gly Gln SerLys 530 535 540 Leu Phe Arg Phe Leu Val Asp Asp Cys Ala Met Arg Glu ValArg Ser 545 550 555 560 Ser Tyr Lys Val Gly Leu Phe Lys His Ile Lys AlaLeu Thr His Cys 565 570 575 Phe Asn Ser Cys Gly Leu Gln Trp Phe Leu LeuArg Gln Arg Ser Asn 580 585 590 Leu Lys Phe Leu Lys Asp Arg Ala Ser SerPhe Ala Asp Leu Asp Cys 595 600 605 Glu Val Ile Lys Val Tyr Gln Leu ValThr Ser Gln Ala Ile Leu Pro 610 615 620 Glu Ala Leu Leu Ser Leu Thr LysVal Phe Val Arg Asp Ser Asp Ser 625 630 635 640 Lys Gly Val Ser Ile ProArg Leu Val Ser Arg Asn Glu Leu Glu Glu 645 650 655 Leu Ala His Pro AlaAsn Ser Ala Leu Glu Glu Pro Gln Ser Val Asp 660 665 670 Cys Asn Ala GlyArg Val Gln Ala Ser Val Ser Ser Ser Gln Gln Leu 675 680 685 Ala Asp ThrHis Ser Leu Gly Ser Val Lys Ser Ser Ile Glu Thr Ala 690 695 700 Asn LysAla Phe Asn Leu Glu Glu Leu Arg Ile Met Ile Arg Val Leu 705 710 715 720Pro Glu Asp Phe Asn Trp Val Ala Lys Asn Ile Gly Phe Lys Asp Arg 725 730735 Leu Arg Gly Arg Gly Ala Ser Phe Phe Ser Lys Pro Gly Ile Ser Cys 740745 750 His Ser Tyr Asn Gly Gly Ser His Thr Ser Leu Gly Trp Pro Lys Phe755 760 765 Met Asp Gln Ile Leu Ser Ser Thr Gly Gly Arg Asn Tyr Tyr AsnSer 770 775 780 Cys Leu Ala Gln Ile Tyr Glu Glu Asn Ser Lys Leu Ala LeuHis Lys 785 790 795 800 Asp Asp Glu Ser Cys Tyr Glu Ile Gly His Lys ValLeu Thr Val Asn 805 810 815 Leu Ile Gly Ser Ala Thr Phe Thr Ile Ser LysSer Arg Asn Leu Val 820 825 830 Gly Gly Asn His Cys Ser Leu Thr Ile GlyPro Asn Glu Phe Phe Glu 835 840 845 Met Pro Arg Gly Met Gln Cys Asn TyrPhe His Gly Val Ser Asn Cys 850 855 860 Thr Pro Gly Arg Val Ser Leu ThrPhe Arg Arg Gln Lys Leu Glu Asp 865 870 875 880 Asp Asp Leu Ile Phe IleAsn Pro Gln Val Pro Ile Glu Leu Asn His 885 890 895 Glu Lys Leu Asp ArgSer Met Trp Gln Met Gly Leu His Gly Ile Lys 900 905 910 Lys Ser Ile SerMet Asn Gly Thr Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Leu Cys Ser 915 920 925 Cys Phe SerCys His Asn Phe His Lys Phe Lys Asp Leu Ile Asn Asn 930 935 940 Leu ArgLeu Ala Leu Gly Ala Gln Gly Leu Gly Gln Cys Asp Arg Val 945 950 955 960Val Phe Ala Thr Thr Gly Pro Gly Leu Ser Lys Val Leu Glu Met Pro 965 970975 Arg Ser Lys Lys Gln Ser Ile Leu Val Leu Glu Gly Ala Leu Ser Ile 980985 990 Glu Thr Asp Tyr Gly Pro Lys Val Leu Gly Ser Phe Glu Val Phe Lys995 1000 1005 Gly Asp Phe His Ile Lys Lys Met Glu Glu Gly Ser Ile PheVal Ile 1010 1015 1020 Thr Tyr Lys Ala Pro Ile Arg Ser Thr Gly Arg LeuArg Val His Ser 1025 1030 1035 1040 Ser Glu Cys Ser Phe Ser Gly Ser LysGlu Val Leu Leu Gly Cys Gln 1045 1050 1055 Ile Glu Ala Cys Ala Asp TyrAsp Ile Asp Asp Phe Asn Thr Phe Ser 1060 1065 1070 Val Pro Gly Asp GlyAsn Cys Phe Trp His Ser Val Gly Phe Leu Leu 1075 1080 1085 Ser Thr AspGly Leu Ala Leu Lys Ala Gly Ile Arg Ser Phe Val Glu 1090 1095 1100 SerGlu Arg Leu Val Ser Pro Asp Leu Ser Ala Pro Ala Ile Ser Lys 1105 11101115 1120 Gln Leu Glu Glu Asn Ala Tyr Ala Glu Asn Glu Met Ile Ala LeuPhe 1125 1130 1135 Cys Ile Arg His His Val Arg Pro Ile Val Ile Thr ProGlu Tyr Glu 1140 1145 1150 Val Ser Trp Lys Phe Gly Glu Gly Glu Trp ProLeu Cys Gly Ile Leu 1155 1160 1165 Cys Leu Lys Ser Asn His Phe Gln ProCys Ala Pro Leu Asn Gly Cys 1170 1175 1180 Met Ile Thr Ala Ile Ala SerAla Leu Gly Arg Arg Glu Val Asp Val 1185 1190 1195 1200 Leu Asn Tyr LeuCys Arg Pro Ser Thr Asn His Ile Phe Glu Glu Leu 1205 1210 1215 Cys GlnGly Gly Gly Leu Asn Met Met Tyr Leu Ala Glu Ala Phe Glu 1220 1225 1230Ala Phe Asp Ile Cys Ala Lys Cys Asp Ile Asn Gly Glu Ile Glu Val 12351240 1245 Ile Asn Pro Cys Gly Lys Ile Ser Ala Leu Phe Asp Ile Thr AsnGlu 1250 1255 1260 His Ile Arg His Val Glu Lys Ile Gly Asn Gly Pro GlnSer Ile Lys 1265 1270 1275 1280 Val Asp Glu Leu Arg Lys Val Lys Arg SerAla Leu Asp Phe Leu Ser 1285 1290 1295 Met Asn Gly Ser Lys Ile Thr TyrPhe Pro Ser Phe Glu Arg Ala Glu 1300 1305 1310 Lys Leu Gln Gly Cys LeuLeu Gly Gly Leu Thr Gly Val Ile Ser Asp 1315 1320 1325 Glu Lys Phe SerAsp Ala Lys Pro Trp Leu Ser Gly Ile Ser Thr Thr 1330 1335 1340 Asp IleLys Pro Arg Glu Leu Thr Val Val Leu Gly Thr Phe Gly Ala 1345 1350 13551360 Gly Lys Ser Phe Leu Tyr Lys Ser Phe Met Lys Arg Ser Glu Gly Lys1365 1370 1375 Phe Val Thr Phe Val Ser Pro Arg Arg Ala Leu Ala Asn SerIle Lys 1380 1385 1390 Asn Asp Leu Glu Met Asp Asp Ser Cys Lys Val AlaLys Ala Gly Arg 1395 1400 1405 Ser Lys Lys Glu Gly Trp Asp Val Val ThrPhe Glu Val Phe Leu Arg 1410 1415 1420 Lys Val Ala Gly Leu Lys Ala GlyHis Cys Val Ile Phe Asp Glu Val 1425 1430 1435 1440 Gln Leu Phe Pro ProGly Tyr Ile Asp Leu Cys Leu Leu Ile Ile Arg 1445 1450 1455 Ser Asp AlaPhe Ile Ser Leu Ala Gly Asp Pro Cys Gln Ser Thr Tyr 1460 1465 1470 AspSer Gln Lys Asp Arg Ala Ile Leu Gly Ala Glu Gln Ser Asp Ile 1475 14801485 Leu Arg Leu Leu Glu Gly Lys Thr Tyr Arg Tyr Asn Ile Glu Ser Arg1490 1495 1500 Arg Phe Val Asn Pro Met Phe Glu Ser Arg Leu Pro Cys HisPhe Lys 1505 1510 1515 1520 Lys Gly Ser Met Thr Ala Ala Phe Ala Asp TyrAla Ile Phe His Asn 1525 1530 1535 Met His Asp Phe Leu Leu Ala Arg SerLys Gly Pro Leu Asp Ala Val 1540 1545 1550 Leu Val Ser Ser Phe Glu GluLys Lys Ile Val Gln Ser Tyr Phe Gly 1555 1560 1565 Met Lys Gln Leu ThrLeu Thr Phe Gly Glu Ser Thr Gly Leu Asn Phe 1570 1575 1580 Lys Asn GlyGly Ile Leu Ile Ser His Asp Ser Phe His Thr Asp Asp 1585 1590 1595 1600Arg Arg Trp Leu Thr Ala Leu Ser Arg Phe Ser His Asn Leu Asp Leu 16051610 1615 Val Asn Ile Thr Gly Leu Arg Val Glu Ser Phe Leu Ser His PheAla 1620 1625 1630 Gly Lys Pro Leu Tyr His Phe Leu Thr Ala Lys Ser GlyGlu Asn Val 1635 1640 1645 Ile Arg Asp Leu Leu Pro Gly Glu Pro Asn PhePhe Ser Gly Phe Asn 1650 1655 1660 Val Ser Ile Gly Lys Asn Glu Gly ValArg Glu Glu Lys Leu Cys Gly 1665 1670 1675 1680 Asp Pro Trp Leu Lys ValMet Leu Phe Leu Gly Gln Asp Glu Asp Cys 1685 1690 1695 Glu Val Glu GluMet Glu Ser Glu Cys Ser Asn Glu Glu Trp Phe Lys 1700 1705 1710 Thr HisIle Pro Leu Ser Asn Leu Glu Ser Thr Arg Ala Arg Trp Val 1715 1720 1725Gly Lys Met Ala Leu Lys Glu Tyr Arg Glu Val Arg Cys Gly Tyr Glu 17301735 1740 Met Thr Gln Gln Phe Phe Asp Glu His Arg Gly Gly Thr Gly GluGln 1745 1750 1755 1760 Leu Ser Asn Ala Cys Glu Arg Phe Glu Ser Ile TyrPro Arg His Lys 1765 1770 1775 Gly Asn Asp Ser Ile Thr Phe Leu Met AlaVal Arg Lys Arg Leu Lys 1780 1785 1790 Phe Ser Lys Pro Gln Val Glu AlaAla Lys Leu Arg Arg Ala Lys Pro 1795 1800 1805 Tyr Gly Lys Phe Leu LeuAsp Ser Phe Leu Ser Lys Ile Pro Leu Lys 1810 1815 1820 Ala Ser His AsnSer Ile Met Phe His Glu Ala Val Gln Glu Phe Glu 1825 1830 1835 1840 AlaLys Lys Ala Ser Lys Ser Ala Ala Thr Ile Glu Asn His Ala Gly 1845 18501855 Arg Ser Cys Arg Asp Trp Leu Leu Asp Val Ala Leu Ile Phe Met Lys1860 1865 1870 Ser Gln His Cys Thr Lys Phe Asp Asn Arg Leu Arg Val AlaLys Ala 1875 1880 1885 Gly Gln Thr Leu Ala Cys Phe Gln His Ala Val LeuVal Arg Phe Ala 1890 1895 1900 Pro Tyr Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Lys Lys LeuMet Gln Ala Leu Lys Pro 1905 1910 1915 1920 Asn Phe Tyr Ile His Ser GlyLys Gly Leu Asp Glu Leu Asn Glu Trp 1925 1930 1935 Val Arg Thr Arg GlyPhe Thr Gly Ile Cys Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu 1940 1945 1950 Ala Phe AspAla Ser Gln Asp His Phe Ile Leu Ala Phe Glu Leu Gln 1955 1960 1965 IleMet Lys Phe Leu Gly Leu Pro Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Asp Tyr Glu 1970 19751980 Phe Ile Lys Ile His Leu Gly Ser Lys Leu Gly Ser Phe Ser Ile Met1985 1990 1995 2000 Arg Phe Thr Gly Glu Ala Ser Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn ThrMet Ala Asn 2005 2010 2015 Met Leu Phe Thr Phe Leu Arg Tyr Glu Leu ThrGly Ser Glu Ser Ile 2020 2025 2030 Ala Phe Ala Gly Asp Asp Met Cys AlaAsn Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys 2035 2040 2045 Thr Glu His Glu Gly Phe LeuAsn Met Ile Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val 2050 2055 2060 Gln Phe Val Ser AsnPro Thr Phe Cys Gly Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu 2065 2070 2075 2080 Gly IlePhe Lys Lys Pro Gln Leu Ile Trp Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala 2085 2090 2095Arg Glu Met Gly Asn Leu Glu Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu 21002105 2110 Val Ser Tyr Ala Tyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu Ala Ile Glu Met MetThr 2115 2120 2125 Glu Glu Glu Val Glu Ala His Tyr Asn Cys Val Arg PheLeu Val Arg 2130 2135 2140 Asn Lys His Lys Met Arg Cys Ser Ile Ser GlyLeu Phe Glu Ala Ile 2145 2150 2155 2160 Asp 4 663 DNA Rupestris stempitting associated virus 4 atgaataatt tagttaaagc attgtcagca tttgagtttgtaggtgtttt cagtgtgctt 60 aaatttccag tagtcattca tagtgtgcct ggtagtggtaaaagtagttt aataagggag 120 ctaatttccg aggatgagaa tttcatagct ttcacagcaggtgttccaga cagccctaat 180 ctcacaggaa ggtacattaa gccttattct ccagggtgtgcagtgccagg gaaagttaat 240 atacttgatg agtacttgtc cgtccaagat ttttcaggttttgatgtgct gttctcggac 300 ccataccaaa acatcagcat tcctaaagag gcacatttcatcaagtcaaa aacttgtagg 360 tttggcgtga atacttgcaa atatctttcc tccttcggttttaaggttag cagtgacggt 420 ttggacaaag tcattgtggg gtcgcctttt acactagatgttgaaggggt gctaatatgc 480 tttggtaagg aggcagtgga tctcgctgtt gcgcacaactctgaattcaa attaccttgt 540 gaagttagag gttcaacttt taacgtcgta actcttttgaaatcaagaga tccaacccca 600 gaggataggc actggtttta cattgctgct acaagacacagggagaaatt gataatcatg 660 cag 663 5 221 PRT Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 5 Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu PheVal Gly Val 1 5 10 15 Phe Ser Val Leu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Ile His SerVal Pro Gly Ser 20 25 30 Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser GluAsp Glu Asn Phe 35 40 45 Ile Ala Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro AsnLeu Thr Gly Arg 50 55 60 Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser Pro Gly Cys Ala Val ProGly Lys Val Asn 65 70 75 80 Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val Gln Asp PheSer Gly Phe Asp Val 85 90 95 Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser IlePro Lys Glu Ala His 100 105 110 Phe Ile Lys Ser Lys Thr Cys Arg Phe GlyVal Asn Thr Cys Lys Tyr 115 120 125 Leu Ser Ser Phe Gly Phe Lys Val SerSer Asp Gly Leu Asp Lys Val 130 135 140 Ile Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Thr LeuAsp Val Glu Gly Val Leu Ile Cys 145 150 155 160 Phe Gly Lys Glu Ala ValAsp Leu Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser Glu Phe 165 170 175 Lys Leu Pro Cys GluVal Arg Gly Ser Thr Phe Asn Val Val Thr Leu 180 185 190 Leu Lys Ser ArgAsp Pro Thr Pro Glu Asp Arg His Trp Phe Tyr Ile 195 200 205 Ala Ala ThrArg His Arg Glu Lys Leu Ile Ile Met Gln 210 215 220 6 351 DNA Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 6 atgccttttc agcagcctgc gaattgggcaaaaaccataa ctccattgac agttggcttg 60 ggcattgggc ttgtgctgca ttttctgaggaagtcaaatc taccttattc aggggacaac 120 atccatcaat tccctcacgg tgggcgttacagggacggta caaaaagtat aacttactgt 180 ggtccaaagc aatccttccc cagctctgggatattcggcc aatctgagaa ttttgtgccc 240 ttaatgcttg tcataggtct aatcgcattcatacatgtat tgtctgtttg gaattctggt 300 cttggtagga attgtaattg ccatccaaatccttgctcat gtagacagca g 351 7 117 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 7 Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr Pro Leu1 5 10 15 Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg LysSer 20 25 30 Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn Ile His Gln Phe Pro His GlyGly 35 40 45 Arg Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ser Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro LysGln 50 55 60 Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe ValPro 65 70 75 80 Leu Met Leu Val Ile Gly Leu Ile Ala Phe Ile His Val LeuSer Val 85 90 95 Trp Asn Ser Gly Leu Gly Arg Asn Cys Asn Cys His Pro AsnPro Cys 100 105 110 Ser Cys Arg Gln Gln 115 8 240 DNA Rupestris stempitting associated virus 8 atgtattgtc tgtttggaat tctggtcttg gtaggaattgtaattgccat ccaaatcctt 60 gctcatgtag acagcagtag tggcaaccac caaggttgcttcattagggc cactggagag 120 tcaattttga ttgaaaactg cggcccaagt gaggcccttgcatccactgt gaaggaggtg 180 ctgggaggtt tgaaggcttt aggggttagc cgtgctgttgaagaaattga ttatcattgt 240 9 80 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 9 Met Tyr Cys Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu Val Gly Ile Val Ile Ala1 5 10 15 Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp Ser Ser Ser Gly Asn His GlnGly 20 25 30 Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu Ser Ile Leu Ile Glu Asn CysGly 35 40 45 Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ser Thr Val Lys Glu Val Leu Gly GlyLeu 50 55 60 Lys Ala Leu Gly Val Ser Arg Ala Val Glu Glu Ile Asp Tyr HisCys 65 70 75 80 10 777 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 10atggcaagtc aaattgggaa actccccggt gaatcaaatg aggcttttga agcccggcta 60aaatcgctgg agttagctag agctcaaaag cagccggaag gttctaatgc accacctact 120ctcagtggca ttcttgccaa acgcaagagg attatagaga atgcactttc aaagacggtg 180gacatgaggg aggttttgaa acacgaaacg gtggtgattt ccccaaatgt catggatgaa 240ggtgcaatag acgagctgat tcgtgcattt ggtgaatctg gcatagctga aagcgtgcaa 300tttgatgtgg ccatagatat agcacgtcac tgctctgatg ttggtagctc ccagagttca 360accctgattg gcaagagtcc attttgtgac ctaaacagat cagaaatagc tgggattata 420agggaggtga ccacattacg tagattttgc atgtactatg caaaaatcgt gtggaacatc 480catctggaga cggggatacc accagctaac tgggccaaga aaggatttaa tgagaatgaa 540aagtttgcag cctttgattt tttcttggga gtcacagatg agagtgcgct tgaaccaaag 600ggtggaatta aaagagctcc aacgaaagct gagatggttg ctaatatcgc ctcttttgag 660gttcaagtgc tcagacaagc tatggctgaa ggcaagcgga gttccaacct tggagagatt 720agtggtggaa cggctggtgc actcatcaac aacccctttt caaatgttac acatgaa 777 11259 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 11 Met Ala Ser Gln IleGly Lys Leu Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu Ala Phe 1 5 10 15 Glu Ala Arg LeuLys Ser Leu Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys Gln Pro 20 25 30 Glu Gly Ser AsnAla Pro Pro Thr Leu Ser Gly Ile Leu Ala Lys Arg 35 40 45 Lys Arg Ile IleGlu Asn Ala Leu Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met Arg Glu 50 55 60 Val Leu Lys HisGlu Thr Val Val Ile Ser Pro Asn Val Met Asp Glu 65 70 75 80 Gly Ala IleAsp Glu Leu Ile Arg Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly Ile Ala 85 90 95 Glu Ser ValGln Phe Asp Val Ala Ile Asp Ile Ala Arg His Cys Ser 100 105 110 Asp ValGly Ser Ser Gln Ser Ser Thr Leu Ile Gly Lys Ser Pro Phe 115 120 125 CysAsp Leu Asn Arg Ser Glu Ile Ala Gly Ile Ile Arg Glu Val Thr 130 135 140Thr Leu Arg Arg Phe Cys Met Tyr Tyr Ala Lys Ile Val Trp Asn Ile 145 150155 160 His Leu Glu Thr Gly Ile Pro Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Lys Gly Phe165 170 175 Asn Glu Asn Glu Lys Phe Ala Ala Phe Asp Phe Phe Leu Gly ValThr 180 185 190 Asp Glu Ser Ala Leu Glu Pro Lys Gly Gly Ile Lys Arg AlaPro Thr 195 200 205 Lys Ala Glu Met Val Ala Asn Ile Ala Ser Phe Glu ValGln Val Leu 210 215 220 Arg Gln Ala Met Ala Glu Gly Lys Arg Ser Ser AsnLeu Gly Glu Ile 225 230 235 240 Ser Gly Gly Thr Ala Gly Ala Leu Ile AsnAsn Pro Phe Ser Asn Val 245 250 255 Thr His Glu 12 2680 DNA Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 12 ggctgggcaa actttggcct gctttcaacacgccgtcttg gttcgctttg caccctacat 60 gcgatacatt gaaaagaagc ttgtgcaggcattgaaacca aatttctaca ttcattctgg 120 caaaggtctt gatgagctaa gtgaatgggttagagccaga ggtttcacag gtgtgtgtac 180 tgagtcagac tatgaagctt ttgatgcatcccaagatcat ttcatcctgg catttgaact 240 gcaaatcatg agatttttag gactgccagaagatctgatt ttagattatg agttcatcaa 300 aattcatctt gggtcaaagc ttggctcttttgcaattatg agattcacag gtgaggcaag 360 caccttccta ttcaatacta tggccaacatgctattcact ttcctgaggt atgagttgac 420 aggttctgaa tcaattgcat ttgctggagatgatatgtgt gctaatcgca ggttaagact 480 caagactgag cacgccggct ttctaaacatgatctgtctc aaagctaagg tgcagtttgt 540 cacaaatccc accttctgtg gatggtgtttgtttaaagag ggaatcttta aaaaacccca 600 gctcatttgg gaaaggatct gcattgctagggaaatgggt aacttggaca attgcattga 660 caattacgca attgaggtgt cttatgcttacagacttggg gaattgtcca taggcgtgat 720 gactgaggag gaagttgaag cacattctaactgcgtgcgt ttcctggttc gcaataagca 780 caagatgagg tgctcaattt ctggtttgtttgaagtaatt gtttaggcct taagtgtttg 840 gcatggtgtg agtattatga ataacttagtcaaagctttg tctgcttttg aatttgttgg 900 tgtgttttgt gtacttaaat ttccagttgttgttcacagt gttccaggta gcggtaaaag 960 tagcctaata agggagctca tttctgaagacgaggctttt gtggccttta cagcaggtgt 1020 gccagacagt ccaaatctga cagggaggtacatcaagccc tacgctccag ggtgtgcagt 1080 gcaagggaaa ataaacatac ttgatgagtacttgtctgtc tctgatactt ctggctttga 1140 tgtgctgttc tcagaccctt accagaatgtcagcattcca agggaggcac acttcataaa 1200 aaccaaaacc tgtaggtttg gtaccaacacctgcaagtac cttcaatctt ttggctttaa 1260 tgtttgtagt gatggggtgg ataaagttgttgtagggtcg ccatttgaac tggaggttga 1320 gggggttctc atttgctttg gaaaggaggctgtagatcta gcagttgcac acaattctga 1380 cttcaagttg ccctgcgagg tgcggggttcaacatttgac gttgtaacgt tattgaagtc 1440 cagggatcca acttcagaag ataagcattggttctacgtt gcagccacaa ggcatcgaag 1500 taaactgata ataatgcagt aaaatgccttttcagcaacc tgccaactgg gctaagacca 1560 taactccatt aactattggt ttgggcattgggttggttct gcacttctta aggaaatcaa 1620 atctgccata ttcaggagac aatattcaccagttcccaca cggagggcat tacagggacg 1680 gcacgaagag tataacctat tgtggccctaggcagtcatt cccaagctca ggaatattcg 1740 gtcagtctga aaatttcgta cctctaatattggtcgtgac tctggtcgct tttatacatg 1800 cgttatctct ttggaattct ggtcctagtaggagttgcaa ttgccatcca aatccttgca 1860 catgtagaca gcagtagtgg caaccatcaaggctgtttca taagagccac cggggagtca 1920 atagtaattg agaattgtgg gccgagcgaggccctagctg ctacagtcaa agaggtgttg 1980 ggcggtctaa aggctttagg ggttagccaaaaggttgatg aaattaatta cagttgttga 2040 gacagttgaa tggcaagtca agttggaaaattgcctggcg aatcaaatga agcatatgag 2100 gctagactca aggctttaga gttagcaagggcccaaaaag ctccagaagt ctccaaccaa 2160 cctcccacac ttggaggcat tctagccaaaaggaaaagag tgattgagaa tgcactctca 2220 aagacagtgg atatgcgtga agtcttaaggcatgaatctg ttgtactctc cccgaatgta 2280 atggacgagg gagcaataga cgagctgattcgtgcctttg gggagtcggg catagctgaa 2340 aatgtgcagt ttgatgttgc aatagacattgctcgccact gttctgatgt ggggagctct 2400 cagaggtcaa cccttattgg taaaagccccttctgtgagt taaataggtc tgaaattgcc 2460 ggaataataa gggaggtgac cacgctgcgcagattttgca tgtactacgc aaagattgtg 2520 tggaacatcc atttggagac gggaataccaccagctaatt gggccaagaa aggatttaat 2580 gagaatgaaa agtttgcagc ctttgacttcttccttggag tcacagatga aagcgcgctt 2640 gagcctaagg gtggagtcaa gagagctccaacaaaagcag 2680 13 767 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 13atgcgataca ttgaaaagaa gcttgtgcag gcattgaaac caaatttcta cattcattct 60ggcaaaggtc ttgatgagct aagtgaatgg gttagagcca gaggtttcac aggtgtgtgt 120actgagtcag actatgaagc ttttgatgca tcccaagatc atttcatcct ggcatttgaa 180ctgcaaatca tgagattttt aggactgcca gaagatctga ttttagatta tgagttcatc 240aaaattcatc ttgggtcaaa gcttggctct tttgcaatta tgagattcac aggtgaggca 300agcaccttcc tattcaatac tatggccaac atgctattca ctttcctgag gtatgagttg 360acaggttctg aatcaattgc atttgctgga gatgatatgt gtgctaatcg caggttaaga 420ctcaagactg agcacgccgg ctttctaaac atgatctgtc tcaaagctaa ggtgcagttt 480gtcacaaatc ccaccttctg tggatggtgt ttgtttaaag agggaatctt taaaaaaccc 540cagctcattt gggaaaggat ctgcattgct agggaaatgg gtaacttgga caattgcatt 600gacaattacg caattgaggt gtcttatgct tacagacttg gggaattgtc cataggcgtg 660atgactgagg aggaagttga agcacattct aactgcgtgc gtttcctggt tcgcaataag 720cacaagatga ggtgctcaat ttctggtttg tttgaagtaa ttgttta 767 14 255 PRTRupestris stem pitting associated virus 14 Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Lys LysLeu Val Gln Ala Leu Lys Pro Asn Phe 1 5 10 15 Tyr Ile His Ser Gly LysGly Leu Asp Glu Leu Ser Glu Trp Val Arg 20 25 30 Ala Arg Gly Phe Thr GlyVal Cys Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu Ala Phe 35 40 45 Asp Ala Ser Gln Asp HisPhe Ile Leu Ala Phe Glu Leu Gln Ile Met 50 55 60 Arg Phe Leu Gly Leu ProGlu Asp Leu Ile Leu Asp Tyr Glu Phe Ile 65 70 75 80 Lys Ile His Leu GlySer Lys Leu Gly Ser Phe Ala Ile Met Arg Phe 85 90 95 Thr Gly Glu Ala SerThr Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn Met Leu 100 105 110 Phe Thr Phe LeuArg Tyr Glu Leu Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile Ala Phe 115 120 125 Ala Gly AspAsp Met Cys Ala Asn Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys Thr Glu 130 135 140 His AlaGly Phe Leu Asn Met Ile Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val Gln Phe 145 150 155 160Val Thr Asn Pro Thr Phe Cys Gly Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu Gly Ile 165 170175 Phe Lys Lys Pro Gln Leu Ile Trp Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala Arg Glu 180185 190 Met Gly Asn Leu Asp Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Ser195 200 205 Tyr Ala Tyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu Ser Ile Gly Val Met Thr GluGlu 210 215 220 Glu Val Glu Ala His Ser Asn Cys Val Arg Phe Leu Val ArgAsn Lys 225 230 235 240 His Lys Met Arg Cys Ser Ile Ser Gly Leu Phe GluVal Ile Val 245 250 255 15 666 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 15 atgaataact tagtcaaagc tttgtctgct tttgaatttg ttggtgtgttttgtgtactt 60 aaatttccag ttgttgttca cagtgttcca ggtagcggta aaagtagcctaataagggag 120 ctcatttctg aagacgaggc ttttgtggcc tttacagcag gtgtgccagacagtccaaat 180 ctgacaggga ggtacatcaa gccctacgct ccagggtgtg cagtgcaagggaaaataaac 240 atacttgatg agtacttgtc tgtctctgat acttctggct ttgatgtgctgttctcagac 300 ccttaccaga atgtcagcat tccaagggag gcacacttca taaaaaccaaaacctgtagg 360 tttggtacca acacctgcaa gtaccttcaa tcttttggct ttaatgtttgtagtgatggg 420 gtggataaag ttgttgtagg gtcgccattt gaactggagg ttgagggggttctcatttgc 480 tttggaaagg aggctgtaga tctagcagtt gcacacaatt ctgacttcaagttgccctgc 540 gaggtgcggg gttcaacatt tgacgttgta acgttattga agtccagggatccaacttca 600 gaagataagc attggttcta cgttgcagcc acaaggcatc gaagtaaactgataataatg 660 cagtaa 666 16 221 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 16 Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Val Gly Val1 5 10 15 Phe Cys Val Leu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Val His Ser Val Pro GlySer 20 25 30 Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu AlaPhe 35 40 45 Val Ala Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr GlyArg 50 55 60 Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ala Pro Gly Cys Ala Val Gln Gly Lys IleAsn 65 70 75 80 Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val Ser Asp Thr Ser Gly PheAsp Val 85 90 95 Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Val Ser Ile Pro Arg GluAla His 100 105 110 Phe Ile Lys Thr Lys Thr Cys Arg Phe Gly Thr Asn ThrCys Lys Tyr 115 120 125 Leu Gln Ser Phe Gly Phe Asn Val Cys Ser Asp GlyVal Asp Lys Val 130 135 140 Val Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Glu Leu Glu Val GluGly Val Leu Ile Cys 145 150 155 160 Phe Gly Lys Glu Ala Val Asp Leu AlaVal Ala His Asn Ser Asp Phe 165 170 175 Lys Leu Pro Cys Glu Val Arg GlySer Thr Phe Asp Val Val Thr Leu 180 185 190 Leu Lys Ser Arg Asp Pro ThrSer Glu Asp Lys His Trp Phe Tyr Val 195 200 205 Ala Ala Thr Arg His ArgSer Lys Leu Ile Ile Met Gln 210 215 220 17 354 DNA Rupestris stempitting associated virus 17 atgccttttc agcaacctgc caactgggct aagaccataactccattaac tattggtttg 60 ggcattgggt tggttctgca cttcttaagg aaatcaaatctgccatattc aggagacaat 120 attcaccagt tcccacacgg agggcattac agggacggcacgaagagtat aacctattgt 180 ggccctaggc agtcattccc aagctcagga atattcggtcagtctgaaaa tttcgtacct 240 ctaatattgg tcgtgactct ggtcgctttt atacatgcgttatctctttg gaattctggt 300 cctagtagga gttgcaattg ccatccaaat ccttgcacatgtagacagca gtag 354 18 117 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus18 Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr Pro Leu 1 510 15 Thr Ile Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg Lys Ser 2025 30 Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn Ile His Gln Phe Pro His Gly Gly 3540 45 His Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ser Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro Arg Gln 5055 60 Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe Val Pro 6570 75 80 Leu Ile Leu Val Val Thr Leu Val Ala Phe Ile His Ala Leu Ser Leu85 90 95 Trp Asn Ser Gly Pro Ser Arg Ser Cys Asn Cys His Pro Asn Pro Cys100 105 110 Thr Cys Arg Gln Gln 115 19 243 DNA Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 19 atgcgttatc tctttggaat tctggtccta gtaggagttgcaattgccat ccaaatcctt 60 gcacatgtag acagcagtag tggcaaccat caaggctgtttcataagagc caccggggag 120 tcaatagtaa ttgagaattg tgggccgagc gaggccctagctgctacagt caaagaggtg 180 ttgggcggtc taaaggcttt aggggttagc caaaaggttgatgaaattaa ttacagttgt 240 tga 243 20 80 PRT Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 20 Met Arg Tyr Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu Val Gly ValAla Ile Ala 1 5 10 15 Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp Ser Ser Ser GlyAsn His Gln Gly 20 25 30 Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu Ser Ile Val IleGlu Asn Cys Gly 35 40 45 Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ala Thr Val Lys Glu ValLeu Gly Gly Leu 50 55 60 Lys Ala Leu Gly Val Ser Gln Lys Val Asp Glu IleAsn Tyr Ser Cys 65 70 75 80 21 631 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 21 atggcaagtc aagttggaaa attgcctggc gaatcaaatg aagcatatgaggctagactc 60 aaggctttag agttagcaag ggcccaaaaa gctccagaag tctccaaccaacctcccaca 120 cttggaggca ttctagccaa aaggaaaaga gtgattgaga atgcactctcaaagacagtg 180 gatatgcgtg aagtcttaag gcatgaatct gttgtactct ccccgaatgtaatggacgag 240 ggagcaatag acgagctgat tcgtgccttt ggggagtcgg gcatagctgaaaatgtgcag 300 tttgatgttg caatagacat tgctcgccac tgttctgatg tggggagctctcagaggtca 360 acccttattg gtaaaagccc cttctgtgag ttaaataggt ctgaaattgccggaataata 420 agggaggtga ccacgctgcg cagattttgc atgtactacg caaagattgtgtggaacatc 480 catttggaga cgggaatacc accagctaat tgggccaaga aaggatttaatgagaatgaa 540 aagtttgcag cctttgactt cttccttgga gtcacagatg aaagcgcgcttgagcctaag 600 ggtggagtca agagagctcc aacaaaagca g 631 22 210 PRTRupestris stem pitting associated virus 22 Met Ala Ser Gln Val Gly LysLeu Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu Ala Tyr 1 5 10 15 Glu Ala Arg Leu Lys AlaLeu Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys Ala Pro 20 25 30 Glu Val Ser Asn Gln ProPro Thr Leu Gly Gly Ile Leu Ala Lys Arg 35 40 45 Lys Arg Val Ile Glu AsnAla Leu Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met Arg Glu 50 55 60 Val Leu Arg His Glu SerVal Val Leu Ser Pro Asn Val Met Asp Glu 65 70 75 80 Gly Ala Ile Asp GluLeu Ile Arg Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly Ile Ala 85 90 95 Glu Asn Val Gln PheAsp Val Ala Ile Asp Ile Ala Arg His Cys Ser 100 105 110 Asp Val Gly SerSer Gln Arg Ser Thr Leu Ile Gly Lys Ser Pro Phe 115 120 125 Cys Glu LeuAsn Arg Ser Glu Ile Ala Gly Ile Ile Arg Glu Val Thr 130 135 140 Thr LeuArg Arg Phe Cys Met Tyr Tyr Ala Lys Ile Val Trp Asn Ile 145 150 155 160His Leu Glu Thr Gly Ile Pro Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Lys Gly Phe 165 170175 Asn Glu Asn Glu Lys Phe Ala Ala Phe Asp Phe Phe Leu Gly Val Thr 180185 190 Asp Glu Ser Ala Leu Glu Pro Lys Gly Gly Val Lys Arg Ala Pro Thr195 200 205 Lys Ala 210 23 2009 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 23 gaagctagca catttctgtt caacactatg gctaacatgt tgttcacttttctgagatat 60 gaactgacgg gttcagagtc aatagcattt gcaggggatg atatgtgtgctaatagaagg 120 ttgcggctta aaacggagca tgagggtttt ctgaacatga tctgccttaaggccaaggtt 180 cagtttgttt ccaaccccac attctgtgga tggtgcttat ttaaggagggaatcttcaag 240 aaacctcaac taatttggga gcgaatatgc atagccagag agatgggcaatctggagaac 300 tgtattgaca attatgcgat agaagtgtcc tatgcatata gattgggtgagctatcaatt 360 gaaatgatga cagaagaaga agtggaggca cactacaatt gtgtgaggttcctggttagg 420 aacaagcata agatgaggtg ctcaatttca ggcctgtttg aagtggttgattaggcctta 480 agtatttggc gttgttcgag ttattatgaa taatttagtt aaagcattatcagccttcga 540 gtttataggt gttttcaatg tgctcaaatt tccagttgtt atacatagtgtgcctggtag 600 tggtaagagt agcttaataa gggaattaat ctcagaggac gagagtttcgtggctttcac 660 agcaggtgtt ccagacagtc ctaacctcac agggaggtac atcaagccttactcaccagg 720 atgcgcagtg caaggaaaag tgaatatact tgatgagtac ttgtccgttcaagacatttc 780 gggttttgat gtactgtttt cagacccgta ccagaatatc agtattccccaagaggcgca 840 tttcattaag tccaagactt gtaggtttgg tgtgaacact tgcaaatacctttcctcttt 900 cggtttcgaa gttagcagcg acgggctgga cgacgtcatt gtgggatcgcccttcactct 960 agatgttgaa ggggtgctga tatgttttgg caaggaggcg gtagatctcgctgttgcgca 1020 caactctgaa ttcaagttgc cgtgtgaggt tcgaggttca accttcaatgtggtaaccct 1080 tttgaaatca agagacccaa ccccagagga caggcactgg ttttacatcgctgccacaag 1140 acataggaag aaattggtca ttatgcagta aaatgccttt tcagcagcctgctaattggg 1200 caaaaaccat aactccattg actattggct taggaattgg acttgtgctgcattttctga 1260 gaaagtcaaa tctaccatat tcaggagaca acatccatca atttcctcacggggggcgtt 1320 accgggacgg cacaaaaagt ataacttact gtggccctaa gcagtccttccccagttcag 1380 gaatatttgg tcagtctgag aattttgtgc ccttaatgct tgtcataggtctaattgcat 1440 tcatacatgt attgtctgtt tggaattctg gtcttggtag gaattgcaattgccatccaa 1500 atccttgctc atgtagacaa cagtagtggc agtcaccaag gttgctttatcagggccact 1560 ggagagtcta ttttgattga aaattgtggc ccaagcgagg cccttgcatcaacagtgagg 1620 gaggtgttgg ggggtttgaa ggctttagga attagccata ctactgaagaaattgattat 1680 cgttgttaaa ttggttaaat ggcgagtcaa gttggtaagc tccccggagaatcaaatgag 1740 gcatttgaag cccggctgaa atcactggag ttggctagag ctcaaaagcagccagaaggt 1800 tcaaacacac cgcctactct cagtggtgtg cttgccaaac gtaagagggttattgagaat 1860 gcactctcaa agacagtgga catgagggag gtgttgaaac acgaaacggttgtaatttcc 1920 ccaaatgtca tggatgaggg tgcaatagat gaactgattc gtgcattcggagaatcaggc 1980 atagctgaga gcgcacaatt tgatgtggc 2009 24 447 DNARupestris stem pitting associated virus 24 gaagctagca catttctgttcaacactatg gctaacatgt tgttcacttt tctgagatat 60 gaactgacgg gttcagagtcaatagcattt gcaggggatg atatgtgtgc taatagaagg 120 ttgcggctta aaacggagcatgagggtttt ctgaacatga tctgccttaa ggccaaggtt 180 cagtttgttt ccaaccccacattctgtgga tggtgcttat ttaaggaggg aatcttcaag 240 aaacctcaac taatttgggagcgaatatgc atagccagag agatgggcaa tctggagaac 300 tgtattgaca attatgcgatagaagtgtcc tatgcatata gattgggtga gctatcaatt 360 gaaatgatga cagaagaagaagtggaggca cactacaatt gtgtgaggtt cctggttagg 420 aacaagcata agatgaggtgctcaatt 447 25 149 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 25 GluAla Ser Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn Met Leu Phe Thr 1 5 10 15Phe Leu Arg Tyr Glu Leu Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile Ala Phe Ala Gly 20 25 30Asp Asp Met Cys Ala Asn Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys Thr Glu His Glu 35 40 45Gly Phe Leu Asn Met Ile Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val Gln Phe Val Ser 50 55 60Asn Pro Thr Phe Cys Gly Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu Gly Ile Phe Lys 65 70 7580 Lys Pro Gln Leu Ile Trp Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala Arg Glu Met Gly 85 9095 Asn Leu Glu Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Ser Tyr Ala 100105 110 Tyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu Ser Ile Glu Met Met Thr Glu Glu Glu Val115 120 125 Glu Ala His Tyr Asn Cys Val Arg Phe Leu Val Arg Asn Lys HisLys 130 135 140 Met Arg Cys Ser Ile 145 26 666 DNA Rupestris stempitting associated virus 26 atgaataatt tagttaaagc attatcagcc ttcgagtttataggtgtttt caatgtgctc 60 aaatttccag ttgttataca tagtgtgcct ggtagtggtaagagtagctt aataagggaa 120 ttaatctcag aggacgagag tttcgtggct ttcacagcaggtgttccaga cagtcctaac 180 ctcacaggga ggtacatcaa gccttactca ccaggatgcgcagtgcaagg aaaagtgaat 240 atacttgatg agtacttgtc cgttcaagac atttcgggttttgatgtact gttttcagac 300 ccgtaccaga atatcagtat tccccaagag gcgcatttcattaagtccaa gacttgtagg 360 tttggtgtga acacttgcaa atacctttcc tctttcggtttcgaagttag cagcgacggg 420 ctggacgacg tcattgtggg atcgcccttc actctagatgttgaaggggt gctgatatgt 480 tttggcaagg aggcggtaga tctcgctgtt gcgcacaactctgaattcaa gttgccgtgt 540 gaggttcgag gttcaacctt caatgtggta acccttttgaaatcaagaga cccaacccca 600 gaggacaggc actggtttta catcgctgcc acaagacataggaagaaatt ggtcattatg 660 cagtaa 666 27 221 PRT Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 27 Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu PheIle Gly Val 1 5 10 15 Phe Asn Val Leu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Ile His SerVal Pro Gly Ser 20 25 30 Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser GluAsp Glu Ser Phe 35 40 45 Val Ala Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro AsnLeu Thr Gly Arg 50 55 60 Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser Pro Gly Cys Ala Val GlnGly Lys Val Asn 65 70 75 80 Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val Gln Asp IleSer Gly Phe Asp Val 85 90 95 Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser IlePro Gln Glu Ala His 100 105 110 Phe Ile Lys Ser Lys Thr Cys Arg Phe GlyVal Asn Thr Cys Lys Tyr 115 120 125 Leu Ser Ser Phe Gly Phe Glu Val SerSer Asp Gly Leu Asp Asp Val 130 135 140 Ile Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Thr LeuAsp Val Glu Gly Val Leu Ile Cys 145 150 155 160 Phe Gly Lys Glu Ala ValAsp Leu Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser Glu Phe 165 170 175 Lys Leu Pro Cys GluVal Arg Gly Ser Thr Phe Asn Val Val Thr Leu 180 185 190 Leu Lys Ser ArgAsp Pro Thr Pro Glu Asp Arg His Trp Phe Tyr Ile 195 200 205 Ala Ala ThrArg His Arg Lys Lys Leu Val Ile Met Gln 210 215 220 28 354 DNA Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 28 atgccttttc agcagcctgc taattgggcaaaaaccataa ctccattgac tattggctta 60 ggaattggac ttgtgctgca ttttctgagaaagtcaaatc taccatattc aggagacaac 120 atccatcaat ttcctcacgg ggggcgttaccgggacggca caaaaagtat aacttactgt 180 ggccctaagc agtccttccc cagttcaggaatatttggtc agtctgagaa ttttgtgccc 240 ttaatgcttg tcataggtct aattgcattcatacatgtat tgtctgtttg gaattctggt 300 cttggtagga attgcaattg ccatccaaatccttgctcat gtagacaaca gtag 354 29 116 PRT Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 29 Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr IleThr Pro Leu 1 5 10 15 Thr Ile Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu Val Leu His PheLeu Arg Lys Ser 20 25 30 Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn Ile His Gln PhePro His Gly Gly 35 40 45 Arg Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ile Thr Tyr Cys GlyPro Lys Gln Ser 50 55 60 Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe Gly Gln Ser Glu AsnPhe Val Pro Leu 65 70 75 80 Met Leu Val Ile Gly Leu Ile Ala Phe Ile HisVal Leu Ser Val Trp 85 90 95 Asn Ser Gly Leu Gly Arg Asn Cys Asn Cys HisPro Asn Pro Cys Ser 100 105 110 Cys Arg Gln Gln 115 30 243 DNA Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 30 atgtattgtc tgtttggaat tctggtcttggtaggaattg caattgccat ccaaatcctt 60 gctcatgtag acaacagtag tggcagtcaccaaggttgct ttatcagggc cactggagag 120 tctattttga ttgaaaattg tggcccaagcgaggcccttg catcaacagt gagggaggtg 180 ttggggggtt tgaaggcttt aggaattagccatactactg aagaaattga ttatcgttgt 240 taa 243 31 80 PRT Rupestris stempitting associated virus 31 Met Tyr Cys Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu ValGly Ile Ala Ile Ala 1 5 10 15 Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp Asn SerSer Gly Ser His Gln Gly 20 25 30 Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu Ser IleLeu Ile Glu Asn Cys Gly 35 40 45 Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ser Thr Val ArgGlu Val Leu Gly Gly Leu 50 55 60 Lys Ala Leu Gly Ile Ser His Thr Thr GluGlu Ile Asp Tyr Arg Cys 65 70 75 80 32 311 DNA Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 32 atggcgagtc aagttggtaa gctccccgga gaatcaaatgaggcatttga agcccggctg 60 aaatcactgg agttggctag agctcaaaag cagccagaaggttcaaacac accgcctact 120 ctcagtggtg tgcttgccaa acgtaagagg gttattgagaatgcactctc aaagacagtg 180 gacatgaggg aggtgttgaa acacgaaacg gttgtaatttccccaaatgt catggatgag 240 ggtgcaatag atgaactgat tcgtgcattc ggagaatcaggcatagctga gagcgcacaa 300 tttgatgtgg c 311 33 103 PRT Rupestris stempitting associated virus 33 Met Ala Ser Gln Val Gly Lys Leu Pro Gly GluSer Asn Glu Ala Phe 1 5 10 15 Glu Ala Arg Leu Lys Ser Leu Glu Leu AlaArg Ala Gln Lys Gln Pro 20 25 30 Glu Gly Ser Asn Thr Pro Pro Thr Leu SerGly Val Leu Ala Lys Arg 35 40 45 Lys Arg Val Ile Glu Asn Ala Leu Ser LysThr Val Asp Met Arg Glu 50 55 60 Val Leu Lys His Glu Thr Val Val Ile SerPro Asn Val Met Asp Glu 65 70 75 80 Gly Ala Ile Asp Glu Leu Ile Arg AlaPhe Gly Glu Ser Gly Ile Ala 85 90 95 Glu Ser Ala Gln Phe Asp Val 100 341206 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 34 gcaggattgaaggctggcca ctgtgtgatt tttgatgagg tccagttgtt tcctcctgga 60 tacatcgatctatgcttgct tattatacgt agtgatgctt tcatttcact tgccggtgat 120 ccatgtcaaagcacatatga ttcgcaaaag gatcgggcaa ttttgggcgc tgagcagagt 180 gacatacttagaatgcttga gggcaaaacg tataggtata acatagaaag caggaggttt 240 gtgaacccaatgttcgaatc aagactgcca tgtcacttca aaaagggttc gatgactgcc 300 gctttcgctgattatgcaat cttccataat atgcatgact ttctcctggc gaggtcaaaa 360 ggtcctttggatgccgtttt ggtttccagt tttgaggaga aaaagatagt ccagtcctac 420 tttggaatgaaacagctcac actcacattt ggtgaatcaa ctgggttgaa tttcaaaaat 480 gggggaattctcatatcaca tgattccttt cacacagatg atcggccggt ggcttactgc 540 tttatctcgcttcagccaca atttggattt ggtgaacatt acaggtctga gggtggaaag 600 tttcctctcgcactttgctg gcaaacccct ctaccatttt ttaacagcca aaagtgggga 660 gaatgtcatacgagatttgc tcccaggtga gcctaacttc ttcagtggct ttaacgttag 720 cattggaaagaatgaaggtg ttagggagga gaagttatgt ggtgacccat ggttaaaagt 780 catgcttttcctgggtcaag atgaggattg tgaagttgaa gagatggagt cagagtgctc 840 aaatgaagaatggtttaaaa cccacattcc cctgagtaat ctggagtcaa ccagggctag 900 gtgggtgggtaaaatggctt tgaaagagta tcgggaggtg cgttgtggtt atgaaatgac 960 tcaacaattctttgatgagc ataggggtgg aactggtgag caactgagca atgcatgtga 1020 gaggtttgaaagcatttacc caaggcataa aggaaatgat tcaataacct tccttatggc 1080 tgtccgaaagcgtctcaaat tttcgaagcc ccaggttgaa gctgccaaac tgaggcgggc 1140 caaaccatatgggaaattct tattagactt tcctatccaa aatcccattg aaagccagtc 1200 ataatt 120635 1284 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 35 attaacccaaatggtaagat ttccgccttg tttgatataa ccaatgagca cataaggcat 60 gttgagaagatcggcaatgg ccctcagagc ataaaagtag atgagttgag gaaggttaag 120 cgatccgcccttgatcttct ttcaatgaat gggtccaaaa taacctattt tccaaacttt 180 gagcgggctgaaaagttgca agggtgcttg ctagggggcc taactggtgt cataagtgat 240 gaaaagttcagtgatgcaaa accctggctt tctggtatat caactgcgga tataaagcca 300 agagagctaactgtcgtgct tggcactttt ggggctggaa agagtttctt gtataagagt 360 ttcatgaagagatctgaggg aaaatttgta acttttgttt cccctagacg agccttggca 420 aattcaatcaaaaatgatct tgaaatggat gatggctgca aagttgccaa agcaggcaaa 480 tcaaagaaggaagggtggga tgtagtgacc tttgaagttt tccttagaaa agtttctggt 540 ttgaaagctggtcattgtgt gatttttgat gaggttcagt tgtttccccc tggatacatc 600 gatctgtgtttacttgtcat acgaagtgat gctttcattt cacttgctgg tgatccatgc 660 cagagcacatatgattcaca gaaggatcga gcaattttgg gagctgagca gagtgacata 720 ctcagactgcttgaaggaaa gacatatagg tacaacatag aaagcagacg ttttgtgaac 780 ccaatgtttgaatctagact accatgtcac ttcaaaaagg gttcaatgac tgcagccttt 840 gctgattatgcaatcttcca caatatgcat gacttcctcc tggcgaggtc aaaaggcccc 900 ttggatgctgttctagtttc cagttttgag gagaagaaaa tagtccaatc ctactttggg 960 atgaagcaactcactctcac atttggtgaa tcaactgggt tgaacttcaa aaatggagga 1020 attctcatatcacatgactc ctttcatact gacgatcgac ggtggcttac tgctttatct 1080 cgattcagccataatttgga tttggtgaac atcacaggtc ttgagggtgg aaagttttct 1140 ctcacattttgctggtaaac ccctttacca ctttttgacg gcttaaaagt ggagagaatg 1200 tcatacgagacctgcttcag gtgagcctaa cttcttttag gggttcaatg tcagcattgg 1260 aaaaaaatggaaggggttag agaa 1284 36 1402 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus36 catttttaaa atttaatcca gtcgactcac caaatgtgag cgtaagctgt ttcatcccaa 60agtaggactg gactattttc ttctcctcaa aactagaaac cagaatggca tccaaaggac 120cttttgacct tgccaggagg aaatcatgca tattgtggaa aatggcataa tcagcaaagg 180cagcagtcat tgtacccttt ttgaagtgac atggcagtcg agattcaaac attgggttca 240caaatcttct gctttctatg ttgtacctat acgtcttgcc ttcaagtatt ttgagtatgt 300cactctgctc agcgcccaaa atcgcccgat ctttttgtga gtcatatgtg ctctgacatg 360ggtcaccagc aagtgaaatg aaagcatcac tacgtataat aagcaaacat agatcgatgt 420atccaggggg aaacaactgg acctcatcga aaattacaca gtgaccagct tttagacctg 480caacttttct aaggaagact tcaaaagtca caacatccca tccttccttc tttgacctgc 540ctgctttggc aactttgcag ctatcatcca tttcaagatc atttttgatt gaattcgcta 600gagcccgtct gggggaaaca aaagttacga atttaccctc agatcttttc ataaagctct 660tgtacaaaaa gctttttccg gctccaaatg tgccaagcac aacagttagc tccctcggct 720taatgtcagt agttgatata ccagaaagcc agggctttgc atcactgaac ttctcatcac 780ttatgacacc agttaggcct cctagcagac acccttgcaa cttttcagcc cgctcaaaac 840ttgggaagta ggttaccttg gacccattaa ttgaaagaag atcaagggcg gatcgcttga 900cctttcgcaa ttcatctact ttaatgctct gagggccatt acctatcttt tcaacatgcc 960ttatgtgctc attagttatg tcaaacagag cggaaaactt gccatgtgga ttaatcacct 1020caatttcccc atttatgtca cacttagcgc aaatgtcaaa agcctcaaag gcttcagcta 1080agttacatca tgttgagcct cccccttggc aaagctcctc aaaaatgtgg ttagtgctag 1140gcctgcacaa taattaacac atcaacttca ccctgccaat gctgaacaat actgttatca 1200tgcaaccatc catggggcac atggttggaa ttgattgatt taaggcaaaa atccccacag 1260ggggcatccc cttccccaat ttccactgat tcatactctg gcgttatcat atcaacccaa 1320tgtgtcaaat acaaataatg caatctctca tctccgataa catttccccc attttttaaa 1380aatggtgggg tgaaaattgg aa 1402 37 1236 DNA Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 37 gtggtttttg caacaacagg cccaggtcta tctaaggttttggaaatgcc tcgaagcaag 60 aagcaatcta ttctggttct tgagggagcc ctatccatagaaacggacta tggcccaaaa 120 gttctgggat cttttgaagt tttcaaaggg gatttcaacattaaaaaaat ggaagaaagt 180 tccatctttg taataacata caaggcccca gttagatctactggcaagtt gagggtccac 240 caatcagaat gctcattttc tggatccaag gaggtattgctgggttgtca gattgaggca 300 tgtgctgatt atgatattga tgatttcaat actttctttgtacctggtga tggtaattgc 360 ttttggcatt cagttggttt cttactcagt actgacggacttgctttgaa ggccggcatt 420 cgttctttcg tggagagtga acgcctggtg agtccagatctttcagcccc aaccatttct 480 aaacaactgg gggaaaatgc ttatgccgag aatgagatgattgcattatt ttgtattcga 540 caccatgtga ggctgatagt gattacgcca gagtatgaagtcagttggaa atttggggaa 600 ggtgaatggc ccctgtgcgg aattctttgc cttaaatcaaatcacttcca accatgtgcc 660 ccattgaatg gttgcatgat tacagctatt gcttcagcacttggtaggcg tgaagttgat 720 gtgcttaatt atctgtgcag gcctagcact aaccacatttttgaggagct ttgccaaggg 780 ggaggcctca acatgatgta cttagctgaa gcctttgaggcttttgacat ttgcgctaag 840 tgtgacataa atggggaaat tgaggtgatt aatccacatggcaagttttc cgctctgttt 900 gacataacta atgagcacat aaggcatgtt gaaaagataggtaatggccc tcagagcatt 960 aaagtagatg aattgcgaaa ggtcaagcga tctgcccttgatcttctttc aattaatggg 1020 tccaaggtaa cctacttccc aagttttgag cgggctgaaaagttgcaagg gtgtctgcta 1080 ggaggcctaa ctggtgtcat aagtgatgag aaagtcagtgatgcaaagcc ctgctttttg 1140 gtatatcaac tactgacatt aagccgaggg agctaactgttgtgctttgg cacatttgga 1200 gcccggaaaa agccttttgt accaagagct ttattg 123638 1296 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 38 gtctaactggcgttataagt gatgagaaat tcagtgatgc aaaaccttgg ctttctggta 60 tatctactacagatattaag ccaagggaat taactgttgt gcttggtaca tttggggctg 120 ggaagagtttcttgtacaag agtttcatga aaaggtctga gggtaaattc gtaacctttg 180 tttctcccagacgtgcttta gcaaattcaa tcaaaaatga tcttgaaatg gatgatagct 240 gcaaagttgccaaagcaggt aggtcaaaga aggaagggtg ggatgtagta acttttgagg 300 tcttcctcagaaaagttgca ggattgaagg ctggccactg tgtgattttt gatgaggtcc 360 agttgtttcctcctggatac atcgatctat gcttgcttat tatacgtagt gatgctttca 420 tttcacttgccggtgatcca tgtcaaagca catatgattc gcaaaaggat cgggcaattt 480 tgggcgctgagcagagtgac atacttagaa tgcttgaggg caaaacgtat aggtataaca 540 tagaaagcaggaggtttgtg aacccaatgt tcgaatcaag actgccatgt cacttcaaaa 600 agggttcgatgactgccgct ttcgctgatt atgcaatctt ccataatatg catgactttc 660 tcctggcgaggtcaaaaggt cctttggatg ccgttttggt ttccagtttt gaggagaaaa 720 agatagtccagtcctacttt ggaatgaaac agctcacact cacatttggt gaatcaactg 780 ggttgaatttcaaaaatggg ggaattctca tatcacatga ttcctttcac acagatgatc 840 ggcggtggcttactgcttta tctcgcttca gccacaattt ggatttggtg aacattacag 900 gtctgaggtggaaagtttcc tctcgcactt tgctggcaaa cccctctacc attttttaac 960 agccaaaagtggggagaatg tcatacgaga tttgctccca ggtgagccta acttcttcag 1020 tggctttaacgttagcattg gaaagaatga aggtgttagg gaggagaagt tatgtggtga 1080 cccatggttaaaagtcatgc ttttcctggg tcaagatgag gattgtgaag ttgaagagat 1140 ggagtcagagtgctcaaatg aagaatggtt taaaacccac attcccctga gtaatctgga 1200 gtcaaccagggctaggtggg tgggtaaaat ggccttgaaa gagtatcggg aggtgcgttg 1260 tggttatgaaatgactcaac aattctttga tgacat 1296 39 907 DNA Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 39 atgttcacca aatccaaatt atggctgaag cgagataaagcagtaagcca ccgccgatca 60 tctgtgtgaa aggaatcatg tgatatgaga attcccccatttttgaaatt caacccagtt 120 gattcaccaa atgtgagtgt gagctgtttc attccaaagtaggactggac tatctttttc 180 tcctcaaaac tggaaaccaa aacggcatcc aaaggaccttttgacctcgc caggagaaag 240 tcatgcatat tatggaagat tgcataatca gcgaaagcggcagtcattga gccctttttg 300 aattgacatg gcagtcttga ttcgaacatt ggattcacaaacctcctgct ttcaatgtta 360 tacctatacg tcttgccctc aagcagtcta agtatgtcactctgctcagc gcccaaaatt 420 gcccgatcct tttgcgaatc atatgtgctt tgacatggatcaccggcaag tgaaatgaaa 480 gcatcactac gtataataag caagcataga tcgatgtatccaggaggaaa caactggacc 540 tcatcgaaaa tcacacagtg gccagccttc aatcctgcaacttttctgag gaaaacctca 600 aaagttacta catcccaccc ttccttcttt gacctacctgctttagcaac tttgcagcta 660 tcatccattt caagatcatt tttgattgaa tttgctaaagcacgtctggg agaaacaaag 720 gttacgaatt taccctcaga ccttttcatg aaactcttgtacaagaaact cttcccagcc 780 ccaaatgtac caagcacgac agtcaactcc cttggcttaatatcagtagt agatatacca 840 gaaagccaag gttttgcatc actgaacttc tcatcacttataacgccagt taggccccct 900 agcaaac 907 40 1232 DNA Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 40 agaatgctta tgctgagaat gagatgattg cattattttgcatccggcac catgtaaggc 60 ttatagtaat aacaccggaa tatgaagtta gttggaaatttggggaaagt gagtggcccc 120 tatgtggaat tctttgcctg aggtccaatc acttccaaccatgcgccccg ctgaatggtt 180 gcatgatcac ggctattgct tcagcacttg ggaggcgtgaggttgatgtg ttaaattatc 240 tgtgtaggcc tagcactaat cacatctttg aggagctgtgccagggcgga gggcttaata 300 tgatgtactt ggctgaagct tttgaggcct ttgacatttgtgcaaagtgc gacataaatg 360 gggaaattga ggtcattaac ccaaatggca agatttccgccttgtttgat ataactaatg 420 agcacataag gcatgttgag aagatcagca atggccctcagagcataaaa atagatgagt 480 tgaggaaggt taagcgatcc cgccttgacc ttctttcaatgaatgggtcc aaaataacct 540 attttccaaa ctttgagcgg gctgaaaagt tgcaagggtgcttgctagag ggcctgactg 600 gtgtcataag tgatgaaaag ttcagtgatg caaaaccttggctttctggt atatcaactg 660 cggatattaa gccaagagag ctaactgtcg tgcttggcacatttggtgct ggaaagagtt 720 tcttgtataa gagtttcatg aagagatctg aaggaaaatttgtaactttt gtttccccta 780 ggcgagcttt ggccaattcg atcaagaatg atcttgaaatggatgatggc tgcaaagttg 840 ccaaagcagg caagtcaaag aaggaagggt gggatgtggtaacatttgag gttttcctta 900 gaaaagtttc tggtttgaag gctggtcatt gtgtgattttcgatgaggtt cagttgtttc 960 cccctggata tatcgatcta tgtttacttg tcatacgcagtgatgctttt atttcacttg 1020 ccggtgatcc atgccagagc acatatgatt cacaaaaggatcgggcaatt ttgggagctg 1080 agcagagtga catactcaga ttgcttgaag gaaagacgtataggtacaac atagaaagca 1140 gacgttttgt gaacccaatg tttgaattta gactaccatgtcacttcaaa aaagggttca 1200 atgactgctg cctttgctga ttatgcaatc tt 1232 4120 DNA Artificial Sequence Synthetic based on Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 41 gcttcagcac ttggaaggcg 20 42 17 DNA ArtificialSequence Synthetic based on Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 42cacacagtgg ccagcct 17 43 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Synthetic based onRupestris stem pitting associated virus 43 ggaggtgcgt tgtggttatg 20 4418 DNA Artificial Sequence Synthetic based on Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 44 ccctggcact gcacaccc 18 45 18 DNA Artificial SequenceSynthetic based on Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 45 ggaggtgaccacattacg 18 46 21 DNA Artificial Sequence Synthetic based on Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 46 catcacgact tgtcacaaac c 21 47 17 DNAArtificial Sequence Synthetic based on Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 47 tgggcctcca cttcttc 17 48 16 DNA Artificial Sequence Syntheticbased on Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 48 ggggttgcct gaagat 1649 17 DNA Artificial Sequence Synthetic based on Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 49 acacctgctg tgaaagc 17 50 17 DNA Artificial SequenceSynthetic based on Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 50 ggccaaggttcagtttg 17 51 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Synthetic based on Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 51 gatgaggtcc agttgtttcc 20 52 20 DNAArtificial Sequence Synthetic based on Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 52 atccaaagga ccttttgacc 20 53 17 DNA Artificial SequenceSynthetic based on Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 53 cttgatgagtacttgtc 17 54 17 DNA Artificial Sequence Synthetic based on Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 54 gcaaggattt ggatggc 17 55 379 PRTRupestris stem pitting associated virus VARIANT (1)...(379) Xaa = AnyAmino Acid 55 Met Ala Xaa Xaa Xaa Arg Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Phe 1 5 10 15 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gln Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa AlaXaa Xaa Xaa 20 25 30 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Phe Xaa XaaXaa Leu Xaa 35 40 45 Xaa Xaa Xaa Lys Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Ile TyrLeu Ser Pro 50 55 60 Xaa Ser Xaa Xaa Xaa His Ser His Pro Val Cys Lys ThrLeu Glu Asn 65 70 75 80 Xaa Ile Leu Xaa Asn Xaa Leu Pro Ser Tyr Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Ser Phe 85 90 95 Tyr Xaa Val Xaa Ile Lys Xaa Xaa Lys Xaa Xaa XaaLeu Lys Xaa Xaa 100 105 110 Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Val Xaa Xaa Xaa AsnArg Xaa Xaa Xaa Ser 115 120 125 Xaa Asp Xaa Xaa Arg Tyr Xaa Xaa Xaa PheXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Ser Xaa 130 135 140 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Xaa 145 150 155 160 Asp Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa XaaLeu Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 165 170 175 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Phe XaaHis Asp Glu Xaa His Tyr Trp Xaa Xaa Xaa 180 185 190 Xaa Leu Ile Xaa XaaPhe Leu Asp Xaa Xaa Xaa Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu 195 200 205 Xaa Xaa Xaa ValXaa Pro Pro Glu Xaa Leu Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Glu Ser 210 215 220 Leu Asn ProTrp Xaa Tyr Xaa Tyr Xaa Ile Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa 225 230 235 240 PheXaa Pro Asp Gly Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu Xaa Tyr Xaa Gln Pro Leu Xaa 245 250 255Xaa Xaa Tyr Leu Leu Xaa Ala Arg Ser Xaa Xaa Leu Pro Asp Gly Xaa 260 265270 Xaa Tyr Xaa Val Asp Xaa Xaa Xaa Ser Xaa Phe Xaa His His Leu Xaa 275280 285 Ser Xaa Thr Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Arg Xaa Phe290 295 300 Xaa Xaa Phe Xaa Ala Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Xaa LeuXaa 305 310 315 320 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Lys 325 330 335 Ile Tyr Xaa Tyr Leu Arg Thr Leu Lys Lys Pro AspXaa Xaa Ser Ala 340 345 350 Xaa Ala Lys Leu Xaa Gln Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa ProXaa Gly Xaa Glu Ile 355 360 365 Xaa Phe Xaa Glu Xaa Phe Xaa Xaa Leu XaaXaa 370 375 56 371 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 56 MetAla Val Thr Tyr Arg Thr Pro Met Glu Asp Ile Val Asn Cys Phe 1 5 10 15Glu Pro Ala Thr Gln Ala Val Ile Ala Asn Ser Ala Ala Thr Leu Tyr 20 25 30Lys Asn Phe Glu Glu Asn His Cys Gln Tyr Phe Asn Tyr Leu Ser Pro 35 40 45Leu Ala Lys Arg Lys Leu Ser Met Ala Gly Ile Tyr Leu Ser Pro Tyr 50 55 60Ser Ala Val Val His Ser His Pro Val Cys Lys Thr Leu Glu Asn Tyr 65 70 7580 Ile Leu Tyr Ser Val Leu Pro Ser Tyr Ile Asn Ser Ser Phe Tyr Phe 85 9095 Val Gly Ile Lys Glu Arg Lys Leu Gln Leu Leu Lys Ser Lys Cys Lys 100105 110 Asn Leu Asp Ser Val Gln Val Val Asn Arg Tyr Val Thr Ser Ala Asp115 120 125 Arg Met Arg Tyr Thr Asn Asp Phe Val Pro Tyr Gly Ser Tyr GluHis 130 135 140 Glu Cys Leu Val His Lys Gly Val Gly Leu Asp Asn Glu AlaLeu Arg 145 150 155 160 Gly Leu Val Gly Pro Leu Arg Arg His Lys Ala LysAsn Leu Phe Phe 165 170 175 His Asp Glu Leu His Tyr Trp Ser Ser Lys ValLeu Ile Asp Phe Leu 180 185 190 Asp Val Met Arg Pro Asp Lys Leu Leu GlyThr Val Val Tyr Pro Pro 195 200 205 Glu Leu Leu Phe Lys Pro Thr Arg SerLeu Asn Glu Trp Cys Tyr Thr 210 215 220 Tyr Asp Ile Val Gly Asp Thr LeuMet Phe Phe Pro Asp Gly Val Gln 225 230 235 240 Ser Glu Gly Tyr Gln GlnPro Leu Lys Gly Gly Tyr Leu Leu Gly Ala 245 250 255 Arg Ser Leu Lys LeuPro Asp Gly Thr Val Tyr Met Val Asp Val Leu 260 265 270 Cys Ser Lys PhePro His His Leu Ile Ser Ile Thr Lys Gly Glu Ala 275 280 285 Ala Ala ProThr His Arg Ala Phe Gly Pro Phe Glu Ala Val Ala Ser 290 295 300 Glu AlaLeu Lys Ala Thr Leu Ser Pro Asp Tyr Pro Cys Ala Phe Pro 305 310 315 320Val Ser Tyr Glu Val Val Asn Lys Ile Tyr Arg Tyr Leu Arg Thr Leu 325 330335 Lys Lys Pro Asp Glu Gln Ser Ala Ile Ala Lys Leu Ser Gln Ile Ile 340345 350 Ala Glu Pro Ser Gly Arg Glu Ile Asp Phe Val Glu Cys Phe Ala Arg355 360 365 Leu Val Ile 370 57 373 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 57 Met Ala Leu Leu Ser Arg Thr Ala Ala Glu Glu Val Ile Ala Ser Phe1 5 10 15 Thr Ser Glu Glu Gln Ser Arg Ile Ser Thr Gln Ala Val Leu AlaLeu 20 25 30 Thr Asn Val Glu Lys Asp Lys His Asp Leu Phe Asn Tyr Ala LeuPro 35 40 45 Glu Leu Ala Lys Met Arg Leu Phe Asn Ser Gly Ile Tyr Leu SerPro 50 55 60 His Ser Tyr Arg Pro His Ser His Pro Val Cys Lys Thr Leu GluAsn 65 70 75 80 Asn Ile Leu Phe Asn Ile Leu Pro Ser Tyr Leu Asp Asn SerPhe Tyr 85 90 95 Leu Val Ser Ile Lys Lys Asn Lys Val Asp Phe Leu Lys ArgArg His 100 105 110 Pro Asp Leu Gln Met Val Glu Thr Ile Asn Arg Tyr IleSer Ser Ile 115 120 125 Asp Lys Thr Arg Tyr Gly Gly Phe Phe His Val SerPro Ser Lys Ile 130 135 140 Ser Ala Lys Phe Lys Cys Asp Arg Arg Thr GlyPhe Glu Asp Asp Ala 145 150 155 160 Ser Leu Ile Asp Leu Ile Pro Gly CysMet Glu Gly Ala Arg Lys Arg 165 170 175 Phe Phe Phe His Asp Glu Leu HisTyr Trp Thr Lys Glu Ala Leu Ile 180 185 190 Thr Phe Leu Asp His Val LysPro Glu Val Met Leu Ala Ser Ile Val 195 200 205 Phe Pro Pro Glu Ile LeuAla Gly Ala Lys Glu Ser Leu Asn Pro Trp 210 215 220 Cys Tyr Thr Phe ArgIle Val Gly Lys Asp Leu Val Phe Phe Pro Asp 225 230 235 240 Gly Glu GlnSer Glu Ala Tyr Ile Gln Pro Val Ala Gly Ser Tyr Leu 245 250 255 Leu ArgThr Gly Lys Ile Thr Thr Pro Ser Gly Asp Ile Phe Gln Leu 260 265 270 AspLeu Leu Lys Ser Ser Phe Ser His His Leu Ile Ser Ile Thr Lys 275 280 285Gly Glu Ala Ile Gly Gln Lys Met Arg Phe Phe Asn Gly Phe Glu Ala 290 295300 Val Ala Met Lys Gly Leu Asn Pro Leu Arg Arg Lys Val Glu Ser Cys 305310 315 320 Leu Pro Ile Ser Lys Asn Thr Ile Leu Lys Ile Tyr Arg Tyr LeuArg 325 330 335 Thr Leu Lys Lys Pro Asp Leu Gln Ser Ala Met Ala Lys LeuSer Gln 340 345 350 Val Cys Lys Asp Pro Asn Gly Tyr Glu Ile Lys Phe PheGlu Glu Phe 355 360 365 Ser Lys Leu Cys Leu 370 58 372 PRT Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 58 Met Ala Leu Ser Tyr Arg Pro Ala Val GluGlu Val Leu Ala Lys Phe 1 5 10 15 Thr Ser Asp Glu Gln Ser Arg Val SerAla Thr Ala Leu Lys Ala Leu 20 25 30 Val Asp Leu Glu Glu Ser Gln His AsnLeu Phe Ser Phe Ala Leu Pro 35 40 45 Asp Arg Ser Lys Glu Arg Leu Ile SerSer Gly Ile Tyr Leu Ser Pro 50 55 60 Tyr Ser Phe Arg Pro His Ser His ProVal Cys Lys Thr Leu Glu Asn 65 70 75 80 His Ile Leu Tyr Asn Val Leu ProSer Tyr Val Asn Asn Ser Phe Tyr 85 90 95 Phe Val Gly Ile Lys Asp Phe LysLeu Gln Phe Leu Lys Arg Arg Asn 100 105 110 Lys Asp Leu Ser Leu Val AlaLeu Ile Asn Arg Phe Val Thr Ser Arg 115 120 125 Asp Val Ser Arg Tyr GlySer Glu Phe Val Ile Ser Ser Ser Asp Lys 130 135 140 Ser Ser Gln Val ValSer Arg Lys Gly Ile Gly Asp Ser Asn Thr Leu 145 150 155 160 Arg Arg LeuVal Pro Arg Val Ile Ser Thr Gly Ala Arg Asn Leu Phe 165 170 175 Leu HisAsp Glu Ile His Tyr Trp Ser Ile Ser Asp Leu Ile Asn Phe 180 185 190 LeuAsp Val Ala Lys Pro Ser Met Leu Leu Ala Thr Ala Val Ile Pro 195 200 205Pro Glu Val Leu Val Gly Ser Pro Glu Ser Leu Asn Pro Trp Ala Tyr 210 215220 Gln Tyr Lys Ile Asn Gly Asn Gln Leu Leu Phe Ala Pro Asp Gly Asn 225230 235 240 Trp Asn Glu Met Tyr Ser Gln Pro Leu Ser Cys Arg Tyr Leu LeuLys 245 250 255 Ala Arg Ser Val Val Leu Pro Asp Gly Ser Arg Tyr Ser ValAsp Ile 260 265 270 Ile His Ser Lys Phe Ser His His Leu Leu Ser Phe ThrPro Met Gly 275 280 285 Asn Leu Leu Thr Ser Asn Met Arg Cys Phe Ser GlyPhe Asp Ala Ile 290 295 300 Gly Ile Lys Asp Leu Glu Pro Leu Ser Arg GlyMet His Ser Cys Phe 305 310 315 320 Pro Val His His Asp Val Val Thr LysIle Tyr Leu Tyr Leu Arg Thr 325 330 335 Leu Lys Lys Pro Asp Lys Glu SerAla Glu Ala Lys Leu Arg Gln Leu 340 345 350 Ile Glu Lys Pro Thr Gly ArgGlu Ile Lys Phe Ile Glu Asp Phe Ser 355 360 365 Ser Leu Val Ile 370 59420 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus VARIANT (1)...(420) Xaa= Any Amino Acid 59 Xaa Xaa Gly Thr Phe Gly Xaa Gly Lys Ser Xaa Leu XaaXaa Lys Xaa 1 5 10 15 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Lys Xaa Xaa Xaa PheVal Ser Pro Arg 20 25 30 Arg Xaa Leu Ala Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 35 40 45 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Lys Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 50 55 60 Val Xaa Thr Xaa Glu Xaa Phe Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 65 70 75 80 Gly Xaa Xaa Val Xaa Xaa Asp Glu Xaa Gln LeuXaa Pro Pro Gly Tyr 85 90 95 Xaa Asp Leu Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 100 105 110 Xaa Gly Asp Pro Xaa Gln Ser Xaa Tyr AspXaa Xaa Xaa Asp Arg Xaa 115 120 125 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Xaa 130 135 140 Xaa Tyr Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa SerXaa Arg Phe Xaa Asn Xaa Xaa Phe 145 150 155 160 Xaa Xaa Arg Leu Pro CysXaa Xaa Xaa Lys Xaa Xaa Xaa Thr Xaa Xaa 165 170 175 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 180 185 190 Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Val Leu Val Ser Ser Phe Xaa Glu 195 200 205 Lys Xaa XaaVal Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Thr 210 215 220 Xaa GlyGlu Ser Thr Gly Leu Xaa Phe Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Ile Xaa Xaa 225 230 235 240Xaa Xaa Xaa Ser Xaa Xaa Thr Xaa Xaa Arg Arg Trp Xaa Thr Ala Leu 245 250255 Xaa Arg Phe Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Asn Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa 260265 270 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Phe275 280 285 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu ProGly 290 295 300 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly XaaXaa Glu 305 310 315 320 Gly Val Arg Glu Xaa Lys Leu Xaa Gly Asp Pro TrpLeu Lys Xaa Met 325 330 335 Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa Gln Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 340 345 350 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu Xaa Trp Phe Xaa ThrHis Xaa Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa 355 360 365 Leu Glu Xaa Xaa Arg Ala Xaa Trp ValXaa Lys Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu 370 375 380 Xaa Arg Glu Xaa Arg Xaa Gly XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gln Phe Xaa Xaa 385 390 395 400 Xaa His Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaGly Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa Asn Ala Xaa Glu 405 410 415 Arg Xaa Glu Xaa 42060 412 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 60 Ile Val Gly ThrPhe Gly Ser Gly Lys Ser Thr Leu Phe Lys Asn Leu 1 5 10 15 Leu Lys TyrGly Ala Gly Lys Ser Leu Asp Phe Val Ser Pro Arg Arg 20 25 30 Ala Leu AlaGlu Asp Phe Lys Arg Thr Val Gly Met Asn Glu Arg Gly 35 40 45 Gly Arg AlaLys Ala Gly Gln Glu Asn Trp Arg Val Thr Thr Leu Glu 50 55 60 Thr Phe LeuAla Arg Val Glu Phe Leu Thr Glu Gly Gln Val Val Ile 65 70 75 80 Leu AspGlu Met Gln Leu Tyr Pro Pro Gly Tyr Phe Asp Leu Val Val 85 90 95 Ser MetLeu Lys Val Asp Val Arg Leu Phe Leu Val Gly Asp Pro Ala 100 105 110 GlnSer Asp Tyr Asp Ser Glu Lys Asp Arg Leu Val Leu Gly Ala Met 115 120 125Glu Glu Asn Met Ser Val Val Leu Gly Ala Arg Glu Tyr Asn Tyr Lys 130 135140 Val Arg Ser His Arg Phe Leu Asn Cys Asn Phe Ile Gly Arg Leu Pro 145150 155 160 Cys Glu Ile Asn Lys Asp Asp Cys Thr Ile Asp Glu Pro His IleMet 165 170 175 Arg Met His Leu Glu Asn Leu Leu Asp Val Ala Glu Glu TyrLys Ser 180 185 190 Val Val Leu Val Ser Ser Phe Asp Glu Lys Met Val ValCys Ala His 195 200 205 Leu Pro Glu Ala Lys Val Leu Thr Phe Gly Glu SerThr Gly Leu Thr 210 215 220 Phe Met His Gly Thr Ile Tyr Ile Ser Ala ValSer Glu Arg Thr Asn 225 230 235 240 Glu Arg Arg Trp Ile Thr Ala Leu ArgArg Phe Arg Phe Asn Leu Cys 245 250 255 Phe Val Asn Cys Ser Gly Met AspTyr Gln Gln Leu Ala Gly Arg Tyr 260 265 270 Lys Gly Arg Val Arg Ser LysPhe Leu Cys Lys Thr Ala Ile Pro Asp 275 280 285 Asp Leu Asn Ser Met LeuPro Gly Gln Ala Leu Phe Lys Ser Glu Tyr 290 295 300 Pro Arg Leu Ile GlyLys Asp Glu Gly Val Arg Glu Glu Lys Leu Ala 305 310 315 320 Gly Asp ProTrp Leu Lys Thr Met Ile Asn Leu Tyr Gln Ala Pro Glu 325 330 335 Val GluIle Ala Glu Glu Pro Glu Val Val Met Gln Glu Glu Trp Phe 340 345 350 ArgThr His Leu Pro Arg Asp Glu Leu Glu Ser Val Arg Ala Gln Trp 355 360 365Val His Lys Ile Leu Ala Lys Glu Tyr Arg Glu Val Arg Met Gly Asp 370 375380 Met Val Ser Glu Gln Phe Thr His Asp His Thr Lys Gln Leu Gly Ala 385390 395 400 Lys Gln Leu Thr Asn Ala Ala Glu Arg Phe Glu Thr 405 410 61416 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 61 Ile Leu Gly Thr PheGly Cys Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Phe Lys Lys Phe 1 5 10 15 Ile Glu Lys SerPro Gly Lys Ala Ile Thr Phe Val Ser Pro Arg Arg 20 25 30 Ser Leu Ala GluSer Ile Asn His Asp Leu Gly Leu Ala Arg Val Gly 35 40 45 Gly Lys Lys ThrGly Lys Ser Lys Asp Leu Lys Asn Val Arg Val Lys 50 55 60 Thr Phe Glu LeuPhe Ile Leu His Leu Asp Ser Ile Lys Glu Gly His 65 70 75 80 Thr Val ValIle Asp Glu Ile Gln Leu Phe Pro Pro Gly Tyr Ile Asp 85 90 95 Leu Ile IleLeu Gly Leu Lys Pro Asn Val Asn Ile Ile Ile Ala Gly 100 105 110 Asp ProCys Gln Ser Asp Tyr Asp Cys Ser Ser Asp Arg His Ile Phe 115 120 125 AlaGly Ser Glu Ser Asp Ile Met Arg Ile Leu Ser Gly Arg Ser Tyr 130 135 140Lys Phe Asn Ile Leu Ser Gln Arg Phe Arg Asn Pro Val Phe Tyr Gly 145 150155 160 Arg Leu Pro Cys Asn Leu Asn Lys Thr Arg Leu Thr Leu Asp Glu Glu165 170 175 Glu Tyr Thr Leu Trp Asp Ser Ile Gln Glu Phe Ser Met Met GlyArg 180 185 190 Lys Asp Cys Pro Val Val Leu Val Ser Ser Phe Glu Glu LysLys Ile 195 200 205 Val Ala Ala His Leu Gly Leu Lys Met Lys Cys Ile ThrTyr Gly Glu 210 215 220 Ser Thr Gly Leu Asn Phe Gln Lys Gly Ala Ile LeuVal Thr Tyr Glu 225 230 235 240 Ser Ala Leu Thr Ser Asp Arg Arg Trp TrpThr Ala Leu Ser Arg Phe 245 250 255 Ser His Asp Ile His Phe Ile Asn GlyMet Gly Val Thr Trp Asp Asn 260 265 270 Ala Ile Thr His Phe Val Gly LysPro Leu His Lys Phe Phe Thr Lys 275 280 285 Arg Ala Cys Asn Asp Asp IleIle Asp Leu Leu Pro Gly Arg Pro Glu 290 295 300 Leu Ile Glu Gly Phe GlnSer Gln Val Gly Ala Asp Glu Gly Val Arg 305 310 315 320 Glu Ala Lys LeuVal Gly Asp Pro Trp Leu Lys Thr Lys Ile Phe Leu 325 330 335 Gly Gln AsnPro Asp Phe Glu Ile Glu Ile Ala Asp Glu Val Glu Ala 340 345 350 Ala GluAsp Trp Phe Lys Thr His Ile Pro Ile Met Ser Leu Glu Ala 355 360 365 ValArg Ala Gln Trp Val His Lys Leu Ile Ser Arg Glu Asp Arg Glu 370 375 380Phe Arg Ile Gly Asp Ile Thr Thr Glu Gln Phe Thr Asp Asp His Ser 385 390395 400 Lys Asn Arg Gly Gln Glu Leu Thr Asn Ala Ala Glu Arg Tyr Glu Ala405 410 415 62 417 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 62 ValLeu Gly Thr Phe Gly Ala Gly Lys Ser Phe Leu Tyr Lys Ser Phe 1 5 10 15Met Lys Arg Ser Glu Gly Lys Phe Val Thr Phe Val Ser Pro Arg Arg 20 25 30Ala Leu Ala Asn Ser Ile Lys Asn Asp Leu Glu Met Asp Asp Ser Cys 35 40 45Lys Val Ala Lys Ala Gly Arg Ser Lys Lys Glu Gly Trp Asp Val Val 50 55 60Thr Phe Glu Val Phe Leu Arg Lys Val Ala Gly Leu Lys Ala Gly His 65 70 7580 Cys Val Ile Phe Asp Glu Val Gln Leu Phe Pro Pro Gly Tyr Ile Asp 85 9095 Leu Cys Leu Leu Ile Ile Arg Ser Asp Ala Phe Ile Ser Leu Ala Gly 100105 110 Asp Pro Cys Gln Ser Thr Tyr Asp Ser Gln Lys Asp Arg Ala Ile Leu115 120 125 Gly Ala Glu Gln Ser Asp Ile Leu Arg Leu Leu Glu Gly Lys ThrTyr 130 135 140 Arg Tyr Asn Ile Glu Ser Arg Arg Phe Val Asn Pro Met PheGlu Ser 145 150 155 160 Arg Leu Pro Cys His Phe Lys Lys Gly Ser Met ThrAla Ala Phe Ala 165 170 175 Asp Tyr Ala Ile Phe His Asn Met His Asp PheLeu Leu Ala Arg Ser 180 185 190 Lys Gly Pro Leu Asp Ala Val Leu Val SerSer Phe Glu Glu Lys Lys 195 200 205 Ile Val Gln Ser Tyr Phe Gly Met LysGln Leu Thr Leu Thr Phe Gly 210 215 220 Glu Ser Thr Gly Leu Asn Phe LysAsn Gly Gly Ile Leu Ile Ser His 225 230 235 240 Asp Ser Phe His Thr AspAsp Arg Arg Trp Leu Thr Ala Leu Ser Arg 245 250 255 Phe Ser His Asn LeuAsp Leu Val Asn Ile Thr Gly Leu Arg Val Glu 260 265 270 Ser Phe Leu SerHis Phe Ala Gly Lys Pro Leu Tyr His Phe Leu Thr 275 280 285 Ala Lys SerGly Glu Asn Val Ile Arg Asp Leu Leu Pro Gly Glu Pro 290 295 300 Asn PhePhe Ser Gly Phe Asn Val Ser Ile Gly Lys Asn Glu Gly Val 305 310 315 320Arg Glu Glu Lys Leu Cys Gly Asp Pro Trp Leu Lys Val Met Leu Phe 325 330335 Leu Gly Gln Asp Glu Asp Cys Glu Val Glu Glu Met Glu Ser Glu Cys 340345 350 Ser Asn Glu Glu Trp Phe Lys Thr His Ile Pro Leu Ser Asn Leu Glu355 360 365 Ser Thr Arg Ala Arg Trp Val Gly Lys Met Ala Leu Lys Glu TyrArg 370 375 380 Glu Val Arg Cys Gly Tyr Glu Met Thr Gln Gln Phe Phe AspGlu His 385 390 395 400 Arg Gly Gly Thr Gly Glu Gln Leu Ser Asn Ala CysGlu Arg Phe Glu 405 410 415 Ser 63 385 PRT Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus VARIANT (1)...(385) Xaa = Any Amino Acid 63 Ile Tyr ProArg His Xaa Xaa Xaa Asp Xaa Xaa Thr Phe Leu Met Ala 1 5 10 15 Val XaaLys Arg Leu Xaa Phe Ser Xaa Pro Xaa Xaa Glu Xaa Xaa Xaa 20 25 30 Leu XaaXaa Ala Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Lys Xaa Leu Leu Xaa Xaa Phe Leu 35 40 45 Xaa XaaXaa Pro Leu Xaa Xaa Xaa His Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu 50 55 60 Ala XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Phe Glu Xaa Lys Lys Xaa Ser Lys Ser Xaa Ala 65 70 75 80 ThrIle Glu Asn His Xaa Gly Arg Ser Cys Xaa Asp Trp Xaa Xaa Asp 85 90 95 XaaAla Xaa Ile Phe Xaa Lys Ser Gln Xaa Cys Thr Lys Phe Asp Asn 100 105 110Arg Xaa Xaa Arg Xaa Ala Lys Ala Xaa Gln Xaa Xaa Xaa Cys Phe Gln 115 120125 His Xaa Val Leu Xaa Arg Phe Ala Pro Tyr Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Xaa 130135 140 Lys Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Asn Xaa Tyr Ile His Ser Gly Lys145 150 155 160 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Trp Val Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaPhe Xaa 165 170 175 Xaa Xaa Cys Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu Ala Phe Asp AlaSer Gln Asp 180 185 190 Xaa Phe Ile Xaa Ala Phe Glu Leu Xaa Xaa Met LysXaa Leu Xaa Leu 195 200 205 Pro Xaa Asp Leu Ile Xaa Asp Tyr Xaa Phe IleLys Xaa Xaa Leu Gly 210 215 220 Ser Lys Leu Gly Xaa Phe Xaa Ile Met ArgPhe Xaa Gly Glu Ala Ser 225 230 235 240 Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Xaa AlaAsn Met Leu Phe Thr Phe Xaa Arg 245 250 255 Tyr Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa GluXaa Ile Xaa Phe Ala Gly Asp Asp Met 260 265 270 Cys Ala Xaa Xaa Arg LeuXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Phe Leu 275 280 285 Xaa Xaa Ile Xaa LeuLys Ala Lys Val Gln Phe Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 290 295 300 Xaa Xaa Xaa ProThr Phe Cys Gly Trp Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa 305 310 315 320 Xaa LysLys Pro Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Glu Arg Xaa Xaa Ile Ala Xaa Glu 325 330 335 XaaXaa Asn Leu Xaa Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Xaa 340 345 350Xaa Ala Tyr Xaa Xaa Gly Glu Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 355 360365 Glu Val Xaa Ala Xaa Tyr Asn Cys Val Arg Xaa Xaa Val Xaa Xaa Xaa 370375 380 His 385 64 379 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 64Ile Tyr Pro Arg His Arg Ala Ser Asp Thr Val Thr Phe Leu Met Ala 1 5 1015 Val Lys Lys Arg Leu Ser Phe Ser Asn Pro Gly Lys Glu Lys Gly Asn 20 2530 Leu Phe His Ala Ala Ser Tyr Gly Lys Ala Leu Leu Ser Glu Phe Leu 35 4045 Lys Arg Val Pro Leu Lys Pro Asn His Asn Val Arg Phe Met Glu Glu 50 5560 Ala Leu Trp Asn Phe Glu Glu Lys Lys Leu Ser Lys Ser Ala Ala Thr 65 7075 80 Ile Glu Asn His Ser Gly Arg Ser Cys Arg Asp Trp Pro Thr Asp Val 8590 95 Ala Gln Ile Phe Ser Lys Ser Gln Leu Cys Thr Lys Phe Asp Asn Arg100 105 110 Phe Arg Val Ala Lys Ala Ala Gln Ser Ile Val Cys Phe Gln HisAla 115 120 125 Val Leu Cys Arg Phe Ala Pro Tyr Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu MetLys Val 130 135 140 His Glu Val Leu Pro Lys Asn Tyr Tyr Ile His Ser GlyLys Gly Leu 145 150 155 160 Glu Glu Leu Asp Ala Trp Val Lys Lys Gly LysPhe Asp Arg Ile Cys 165 170 175 Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu Ala Phe Asp AlaSer Gln Asp Glu Phe Ile 180 185 190 Met Ala Phe Glu Leu Glu Leu Met LysTyr Leu Arg Leu Pro Ser Asp 195 200 205 Leu Ile Glu Asp Tyr Lys Phe IleLys Thr Ser Leu Gly Ser Lys Leu 210 215 220 Gly Asn Phe Ala Ile Met ArgPhe Ser Gly Glu Ala Ser Thr Phe Leu 225 230 235 240 Asn Thr Leu Ala AsnMet Leu Phe Thr Phe Met Arg Tyr Asn Ile Arg 245 250 255 Gly Asp Glu PheIle Cys Phe Ala Gly Asp Asp Met Cys Ala Ser Arg 260 265 270 Arg Leu GlnPro Thr Lys Lys Phe Ala His Phe Leu Asp Lys Leu Lys 275 280 285 Leu LysAla Lys Val Gln Phe Val Gln Phe Val Asn Lys Pro Thr Phe 290 295 300 CysGly Trp His Leu Cys Pro Asp Gly Ile Tyr Lys Lys Pro Gln Leu 305 310 315320 Val Leu Glu Arg Met Cys Ile Ala Lys Glu Met Asn Asn Leu Ser Asn 325330 335 Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Ala Tyr Ala Tyr Lys Leu Gly340 345 350 Glu Lys Ala Val Asn Arg Met Asp Glu Glu Glu Val Ala Ala PheTyr 355 360 365 Asn Cys Val Arg Ile Ile Val Arg Asn Lys His 370 375 65377 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 65 Ile Tyr Pro Arg HisLys Gly Thr Asp Thr Ala Thr Phe Leu Met Ala 1 5 10 15 Val Lys Lys ArgLeu Ser Phe Ser Ser Pro Ala Ala Glu His Ala Lys 20 25 30 Leu Arg Arg AlaLys Pro Phe Gly Lys Phe Leu Leu Asp Thr Phe Leu 35 40 45 Lys Arg Val ProLeu Asn Ser Ser His Asp Glu Lys Met Met Gln Glu 50 55 60 Ala Val His AlaPhe Glu Glu Lys Lys Leu Ser Lys Ser Met Ala Thr 65 70 75 80 Ile Glu AsnHis Ser Gly Arg Ser Cys Glu Asp Trp Pro Val Asp Lys 85 90 95 Ala Leu IlePhe Met Lys Ser Gln Leu Cys Thr Lys Phe Asp Asn Arg 100 105 110 Phe ArgSer Ala Lys Ala Gly Gln Thr Leu Ala Cys Phe Gln His Ser 115 120 125 ValLeu Cys Arg Phe Ala Pro Tyr Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Ser Lys Val 130 135 140Thr Glu Val Leu Pro Lys Asn Leu Tyr Ile His Ser Gly Lys Asn Ile 145 150155 160 Asp Asp Leu Ala Ala Trp Val Thr Thr Ser Lys Phe Asn Gly Val Cys165 170 175 Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu Ala Phe Asp Ala Ser Gln Asp His PheIle 180 185 190 Leu Ala Phe Glu Leu Glu Val Met Lys Phe Leu Gly Leu ProSer Asp 195 200 205 Leu Ile Ala Asp Tyr Thr Phe Ile Lys Thr His Leu GlySer Lys Leu 210 215 220 Gly Ser Phe Ala Ile Met Arg Phe Thr Gly Glu AlaSer Thr Phe Leu 225 230 235 240 Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn Met Leu Phe ThrPhe Leu Arg Tyr Asp Leu 245 250 255 Asn Gly Arg Glu Ala Ile Cys Phe AlaGly Asp Asp Met Cys Ala Asn 260 265 270 Ser Arg Leu Lys Val Thr Asn ArgPhe Ser Asn Phe Leu Asp Lys Ile 275 280 285 Lys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val GlnPhe Thr Ala Thr Pro Thr Phe Cys Gly 290 295 300 Trp Gly Leu Cys Glu HisGly Val Phe Lys Lys Pro Asp Leu Val Leu 305 310 315 320 Glu Arg Leu GlnIle Ala Arg Glu Thr Arg Asn Leu Glu Asn Cys Ile 325 330 335 Asp Asn TyrAla Ile Glu Val Ser Cys Ala Tyr Lys Met Gly Glu Asn 340 345 350 Leu AsnLeu Tyr Leu Thr Pro Gln Glu Val Asp Ala His Tyr Asn Cys 355 360 365 ValArg Phe Ile Val Gln His Asn His 370 375 66 377 PRT Rupestris stempitting associated virus 66 Ile Tyr Pro Arg His Lys Gly Asn Asp Ser IleThr Phe Leu Met Ala 1 5 10 15 Val Arg Lys Arg Leu Lys Phe Ser Lys ProGln Val Glu Ala Ala Lys 20 25 30 Leu Arg Arg Ala Lys Pro Tyr Gly Lys PheLeu Leu Asp Ser Phe Leu 35 40 45 Ser Lys Ile Pro Leu Lys Ala Ser His AsnSer Ile Met Phe His Glu 50 55 60 Ala Val Gln Glu Phe Glu Ala Lys Lys AlaSer Lys Ser Ala Ala Thr 65 70 75 80 Ile Glu Asn His Ala Gly Arg Ser CysArg Asp Trp Leu Leu Asp Val 85 90 95 Ala Leu Ile Phe Met Lys Ser Gln HisCys Thr Lys Phe Asp Asn Arg 100 105 110 Leu Arg Val Ala Lys Ala Gly GlnThr Leu Ala Cys Phe Gln His Ala 115 120 125 Val Leu Val Arg Phe Ala ProTyr Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Lys Lys Leu 130 135 140 Met Gln Ala Leu Lys ProAsn Phe Tyr Ile His Ser Gly Lys Gly Leu 145 150 155 160 Asp Glu Leu AsnGlu Trp Val Arg Thr Arg Gly Phe Thr Gly Ile Cys 165 170 175 Thr Glu SerAsp Tyr Glu Ala Phe Asp Ala Ser Gln Asp His Phe Ile 180 185 190 Leu AlaPhe Glu Leu Gln Ile Met Lys Phe Leu Gly Leu Pro Glu Asp 195 200 205 LeuIle Leu Asp Tyr Glu Phe Ile Lys Ile His Leu Gly Ser Lys Leu 210 215 220Gly Ser Phe Ser Ile Met Arg Phe Thr Gly Glu Ala Ser Thr Phe Leu 225 230235 240 Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn Met Leu Phe Thr Phe Leu Arg Tyr Glu Leu245 250 255 Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile Ala Phe Ala Gly Asp Asp Met Cys AlaAsn 260 265 270 Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys Thr Glu His Glu Gly Phe Leu AsnMet Ile 275 280 285 Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val Gln Phe Val Ser Asn Pro ThrPhe Cys Gly 290 295 300 Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu Gly Ile Phe Lys Lys ProGln Leu Ile Trp 305 310 315 320 Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala Arg Glu Met GlyAsn Leu Glu Asn Cys Ile 325 330 335 Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Ser TyrAla Tyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu 340 345 350 Ala Ile Glu Met Met Thr Glu GluGlu Val Glu Ala His Tyr Asn Cys 355 360 365 Val Arg Phe Leu Val Arg AsnLys His 370 375 67 227 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virusVARIANT (1)...(227) Xaa = Any Amino Acid 67 Met Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaLeu Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Phe Xaa Xaa Xaa 1 5 10 15 Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa XaaXaa Pro Xaa Val Xaa His Xaa Val Pro Gly 20 25 30 Xaa Gly Lys Xaa Xaa LeuIle Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 35 40 45 Xaa Xaa Ala Xaa Thr XaaGly Val Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly 50 55 60 Xaa Xaa Ile Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa 65 70 75 80 Xaa Xaa Leu Asp GluTyr Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 85 90 95 Xaa Leu Phe Xaa AspPro Xaa Gln Xaa Asn Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 100 105 110 Ala Xaa Phe XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Arg Phe Gly Xaa Xaa Thr Xaa 115 120 125 Xaa Xaa LeuXaa Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Ser Xaa Xaa 130 135 140 Xaa AspXaa Val Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly 145 150 155 160Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa His 165 170175 Xaa Xaa Glu Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Thr Phe Xaa 180185 190 Xaa Val Thr Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa195 200 205 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Thr Arg His Arg Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa 210 215 220 Xaa Xaa Xaa 225 68 221 PRT Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 68 Met Asp Val Ile Val Asp Leu Leu Tyr Lys Tyr Lys PheGlu Arg Leu 1 5 10 15 Ser Asn Lys Leu Val Cys Pro Ile Val Val His CysVal Pro Gly Ala 20 25 30 Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu Leu Leu Glu LeuAsp Ser Arg Phe 35 40 45 Cys Ala Tyr Thr Ala Gly Val Glu Asp Gln Pro ArgLeu Ser Gly Asn 50 55 60 Trp Ile Arg Lys Trp Ser Gly Gln Gln Pro Glu GlyLys Phe Val Val 65 70 75 80 Leu Asp Glu Tyr Thr Leu Leu Thr Glu Val ProPro Val Phe Ala Leu 85 90 95 Phe Gly Asp Pro Ile Gln Ser Asn Thr Ser AlaVal Gln Arg Ala Asp 100 105 110 Phe Val Cys Ser Val Ser Arg Arg Phe GlySer Ala Thr Cys Gly Leu 115 120 125 Leu Arg Glu Leu Gly Trp Asn Val ArgSer Glu Lys Ala Asp Leu Val 130 135 140 Gln Val Ser Asp Ile Tyr Thr LysAsp Pro Leu Gly Lys Val Val Phe 145 150 155 160 Ser Glu Glu Glu Val GlyCys Leu Leu Arg Ser His Gly Val Glu Ala 165 170 175 Leu Ser Leu Gln GluIle Thr Gly Gln Thr Phe Glu Val Val Thr Phe 180 185 190 Val Thr Ser GluAsn Ser Pro Val Ile Asn Arg Ala Ala Ala Tyr Gln 195 200 205 Cys Met ThrArg His Arg Arg Leu Cys Thr Ser Val Ser 210 215 220 69 223 PRT Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 69 Met Glu Thr Val Leu Ser Leu Leu Asn GluPhe Gly Phe Glu Arg Thr 1 5 10 15 Val Glu Pro Leu Ser Asp Pro Ile ValVal His Ala Val Pro Gly Ser 20 25 30 Gly Lys Thr Thr Leu Ile Lys Gln AlaLeu Ile Arg Asn Asn Asn Ile 35 40 45 Glu Ala Val Thr Phe Gly Val Pro GluLys Ala Asn Ile His Gly Thr 50 55 60 Tyr Ile Lys Lys Ala Arg Gln Gly GlnArg Gly Arg Gly Asn Tyr Ser 65 70 75 80 Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser GlyGlu Tyr Ser Thr Gly Phe Asn Cys 85 90 95 Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln AsnHis Gly Asp Cys Leu Arg Ala His 100 105 110 Phe Ile Gly Arg Cys Ser HisArg Phe Gly Arg Gln Thr Val Gln Ile 115 120 125 Leu Arg Asp Leu Gly TyrAsn Ile Ala Ser Ser Lys Glu Asp Ile Val 130 135 140 Glu Lys Lys Asn IlePhe Gln Leu Ile Glu Pro Glu Gly Val Ile Ile 145 150 155 160 Cys Leu GluLys Gly Val Glu Asp Phe Leu Lys Trp His Ser Val Glu 165 170 175 Tyr LysPhe Pro Cys Gln Val Arg Gly Ala Thr Phe Asp Ile Val Thr 180 185 190 PheIle His Glu Lys Pro Leu Glu Glu Leu Val Gly Pro Asp Leu Phe 195 200 205Val Ala Leu Thr Arg His Arg Ser Lys Leu Val Leu Val Ser Asn 210 215 22070 220 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 70 Met Asn Asn LeuVal Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Val Gly Val 1 5 10 15 Phe Ser ValLeu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Ile His Ser Val Pro Gly Ser 20 25 30 Gly Lys SerSer Leu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu Asn Phe 35 40 45 Ile Ala PheThr Ala Gly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr Gly Arg 50 55 60 Tyr Ile LysPro Tyr Ser Pro Gly Cys Ala Val Pro Gly Lys Val Asn 65 70 75 80 Ile LeuAsp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val Gln Asp Phe Ser Gly Phe Asp Val 85 90 95 Leu PheSer Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser Ile Pro Lys Glu Ala His 100 105 110 PheIle Lys Ser Lys Thr Cys Arg Phe Gly Val Asn Thr Cys Lys Tyr 115 120 125Leu Ser Ser Phe Gly Lys Val Ser Ser Asp Gly Leu Asp Lys Val Ile 130 135140 Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Thr Leu Asp Val Glu Gly Val Leu Ile Cys Phe 145150 155 160 Gly Lys Glu Ala Val Asp Leu Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser Glu PheLys 165 170 175 Leu Pro Cys Glu Val Arg Gly Ser Thr Phe Asn Val Val ThrLeu Leu 180 185 190 Lys Ser Arg Asp Pro Thr Pro Glu Asp Arg His Trp PheTyr Ile Ala 195 200 205 Ala Thr Arg His Arg Glu Lys Leu Ile Ile Met Gln210 215 220 71 124 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus VARIANT(1)...(124) Xaa = Any Amino Acid 71 Met Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Lys 1 5 10 15 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa GlyXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Val Xaa Xaa 20 25 30 Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Ser Xaa Leu ProXaa Xaa Gly Asp Xaa Xaa His Xaa 35 40 45 Xaa Pro His Gly Gly Xaa Tyr XaaAsp Gly Thr Lys Xaa Xaa Xaa Tyr 50 55 60 Xaa Xaa Pro Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Ser Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 65 70 75 80 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 85 90 95 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 100 105 110 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 115 120 72 109 PRT Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 72 Met Pro Leu Thr Pro Pro Pro Asp Phe Thr Lys Val TyrLeu Ser Ala 1 5 10 15 Ala Leu Gly Val Ser Leu Ala Leu Val Val Trp LeuLeu Ile Arg Ser 20 25 30 Thr Leu Pro Val Val Gly Asp Arg Asp His Asn LeuPro His Gly Gly 35 40 45 Trp Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ser Val Phe Tyr AsnSer Pro Gly Arg 50 55 60 Leu Asn Ser Ile Glu Ala Arg Lys Ala Pro Leu LeuGly Gln Pro Trp 65 70 75 80 Ala Ile Val Val Leu Leu Val Leu Leu Ile TrpAla Ser His Lys Leu 85 90 95 Gly Arg Pro Asn Cys Arg Ala Cys Ala Gly SerHis Thr 100 105 73 120 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 73Met Pro Phe Ala Gln Pro Pro Asp Tyr Ser Lys Ser Val Phe Pro Ile 1 5 1015 Ala Val Gly Ile Ala Val Ala Val Val Leu Phe Thr Leu Thr Arg Ser 20 2530 Thr Leu Pro Gln Val Gly Asp Asn Ile His Asn Leu Pro His Gly Gly 35 4045 Asn Tyr Gln Asp Gly Thr Lys Arg Ile Ser Tyr Cys Gly Pro Arg Asp 50 5560 Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser Ser Leu Ile Ser Ser Gly Thr Pro Met Ile Ile 65 7075 80 Gly Ile Ile Ile Phe Leu Ile Phe Ala Ile Tyr Val Ser Glu Lys Trp 8590 95 Ser Arg Ser Gly Ser Arg Arg Cys Ser Cys Cys Val Pro Gly Ala Pro100 105 110 Ala Cys Thr Ala Thr Val His Glu 115 120 74 117 PRT Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 74 Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp AlaLys Thr Ile Thr Pro Leu 1 5 10 15 Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu ValLeu His Phe Leu Arg Lys Ser 20 25 30 Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn IleHis Gln Phe Pro His Gly Gly 35 40 45 Arg Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ser IleThr Tyr Cys Gly Pro Lys Gln 50 55 60 Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe GlyGln Ser Glu Asn Phe Val Pro 65 70 75 80 Leu Met Leu Val Ile Gly Leu IleAla Phe Ile His Val Leu Ser Val 85 90 95 Trp Asn Ser Gly Leu Gly Arg AsnCys Asn Cys His Pro Asn Pro Cys 100 105 110 Ser Cys Arg Gln Gln 115 7549 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus VARIANT (1)...(49) Xaa =Any Amino Acid 75 Met Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Leu Xaa Xaa Val Xaa Xaa Leu XaaXaa Xaa Xaa 1 5 10 15 Cys Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Thr Gly Glu Ser Xaa Xaa CysXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 20 25 30 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 35 40 45 Gly 76 63 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 76 Met Ile Val Tyr Val Leu Val Gly Leu Ser Ala Phe Cys Ile Val Leu1 5 10 15 Tyr Leu Ile Ser Gln Gly Gln Ser Asp Cys Val Val Leu Ile ThrGly 20 25 30 Glu Ser Val Arg Val Gln Gly Cys Arg Ile Asp Gly Glu Phe GlySer 35 40 45 Val Leu Ser Lys Leu Lys Pro Phe Gly Cys Gly Ser Phe Arg Ser50 55 60 77 70 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 77 Met PhePro Arg Ser Gly Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Ala Ala Ala Val Val 1 5 10 15 AlaTyr Leu Val Leu Leu Leu Ala Gln Gln Leu Tyr Met Ser Asn Ser 20 25 30 SerGln Cys Thr Ile Val Ile Thr Gly Glu Ser Val Ser Val Val Gly 35 40 45 CysVal Tyr Ser Glu Ala Phe Ile Glu Leu Val Lys Gly Leu Lys Pro 50 55 60 TyrTyr His Pro Leu Gly 65 70 78 80 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 78 Met Tyr Cys Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu Val Gly Ile Val Ile Ala1 5 10 15 Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp Ser Ser Ser Gly Asn His GlnGly 20 25 30 Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu Ser Ile Leu Ile Glu Asn CysGly 35 40 45 Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ser Thr Val Lys Glu Val Leu Gly GlyLeu 50 55 60 Lys Ala Leu Gly Val Ser Arg Ala Val Glu Glu Ile Asp Tyr HisCys 65 70 75 80 79 105 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associated virusVARIANT (1)...(105) Xaa = Any Amino Acid 79 Xaa Xaa Xaa Thr Leu Arg XaaXaa Cys Xaa Xaa Tyr Ala Xaa Xaa Xaa 1 5 10 15 Trp Asn Xaa Xaa Leu XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Pro Pro Ala Xaa Trp Xaa Xaa 20 25 30 Xaa Xaa Phe Xaa Xaa XaaAla Xaa Phe Asp Xaa Phe Xaa Xaa Val Xaa 35 40 45 Xaa Xaa Xaa Pro Xaa XaaGly Xaa Xaa Arg Xaa Pro Thr Xaa Xaa Glu 50 55 60 Xaa Val Ala Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Arg 65 70 75 80 Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa XaaXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu Xaa Xaa 85 90 95 Gly Gly Xaa Xaa GlyXaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 100 105 80 117 PRT Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 80 Asp Ala Glu Thr Leu Arg Arg Val Cys Arg Leu Tyr Ala Pro Val Thr1 5 10 15 Trp Asn His Met Leu Thr His Asn Ala Pro Pro Ala Glu Trp AlaAla 20 25 30 Met Gly Phe Gln Tyr Glu Asp Arg Phe Ala Pro Phe Asp Cys PheAsp 35 40 45 Tyr Val Glu Asn Thr Ala Ala Val Gln Pro Leu Glu Gly Leu IleArg 50 55 60 Arg Pro Thr Pro Arg Glu Lys Val Ala His Asn Thr His Lys AspIle 65 70 75 80 Ala Leu Arg Gly Ala Asn Arg Asn Gln Val Phe Ser Ser LeuAsn Ala 85 90 95 Glu Val Thr Gly Gly Met Asn Gly Pro Glu Leu Thr Arg AspTyr Val 100 105 110 Lys Ser Asn Arg Lys 115 81 114 PRT Rupestris stempitting associated virus 81 Glu Gly Cys Thr Leu Arg Gln Tyr Cys Ala PheTyr Ala Lys His Val 1 5 10 15 Trp Asn Leu Met Leu Gln Thr Gln Ser ProPro Ala Asn Trp Val Gly 20 25 30 Lys Glu Phe Lys Phe Glu Thr Arg Tyr AlaAla Phe Asp Phe Phe Phe 35 40 45 Gly Val Glu Ser Thr Ala Ser Leu Glu ProAla Asp Gly Leu Ile Arg 50 55 60 Leu Pro Thr Gln Ala Glu Arg Val Ala AsnAla Thr Ser Lys Glu Ile 65 70 75 80 Gln Met Tyr Arg Ile Arg Ser Met GluGly Thr Gln Ala Val Asn Phe 85 90 95 Gly Glu Val Thr Gly Gly Lys Ile GlyPro Lys Pro Val Leu Ser Ile 100 105 110 Arg Lys 82 118 PRT Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus 82 Glu Val Thr Thr Leu Arg Arg Phe Cys MetTyr Tyr Ala Lys Ile Val 1 5 10 15 Trp Asn Ile His Leu Glu Thr Gly IlePro Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys 20 25 30 Lys Gly Phe Asn Glu Asn Glu Lys PheAla Ala Phe Asp Phe Phe Leu 35 40 45 Gly Val Thr Asp Glu Ser Ala Leu GluPro Lys Gly Gly Ile Lys Arg 50 55 60 Ala Pro Thr Lys Ala Glu Met Val AlaAsn Ile Ala Ser Phe Glu Val 65 70 75 80 Gln Val Leu Arg Gln Ala Met AlaGlu Gly Lys Arg Ser Ser Asn Leu 85 90 95 Gly Glu Ile Ser Gly Gly Thr AlaGly Ala Leu Ile Asn Asn Pro Phe 100 105 110 Ser Asn Val Thr His Glu 11583 180 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus misc_feature(1)...(180) n=A,T,C, or G 83 nnngntnann aantcnncnn canttcnnnn ntncantanttnnncnnttt nnnaangntg 60 nnnnnancct nnncgnnggn nnncnntnnn nnnngtntnnnnnttncatg ctnnancnta 120 tttnnnnnnn nnnntgtnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnntttnnnnnnnnnnnnta gntttnnntc 180 84 132 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 84 ttagttaatt aattctcctg cattcaattt cagtacttat gctttttagtaaagttgatc 60 ccaacctaac cggggcggct atgtgtgtgt ttctttcatg ctttagcttatttttgtttt 120 aactagattt tc 132 85 174 DNA Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus 85 ggatgacgaa gtagcacaat tccgcagtcc aataattccccgatttcaag gctgggttaa 60 gcctgttcgc tggaataccg tactaatagt attccctttccatgctaaat cctatttaat 120 atataaggtg tggaaagtaa aagaagattt ggtgtgtttttatagttttc attc 174 86 212 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virusmisc_feature (1)...(212) n=A,T,C or G 86 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 60 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn 120 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnccatnntaaatcc tatttaatat ataangtgtg nnannnnaaa 180 naananttgg tntntnnntatnnttttnnn nn 212 87 71 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 87ccattaaatc ctatttaata tataacgtgt gctactataa ataaaacttg gtttttaact 60atttttagcc a 71 88 176 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus 88ggatgacgaa gtcagcgaca attccgcagt ccaataattc cccgatttca aggctgggtt 60aagcctgttc gctggaatac cgtactaata gtattccctt tccatgctaa atcctattta 120atatataagg tgtggaaagt aaaagaagat ttggtgtgtt tttatagttt tcattc 176 89 398DNA Rupestris stem pitting associated virus misc_feature (1)...(398) n =A,T,C or G 89 ncnggnntna angntggnca ntgtgtnatt ttngangagg tncagttgtttccnccngga 60 nanatcgatn tnngntnnct tntnanacgn agngangctt tnatttnactngcnggtgan 120 ccatgncnna gcacatatga ntcncanaan gatcgngcna ttttgggngctgagcagagt 180 gacatactna nantncttga nggnaanacn tataggtana acatngaaagcagnngnttt 240 gtgaanccaa tgttngaatn nngactncca tgtcanttca aaaangggnncnatgactgc 300 ngcnttngct gattatgcna tnttnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 360 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnn 398 90 399 DNARupestris stem pitting associated virus 90 gcaggattga aggctggccactgtgtgatt tttgatgagg tccagttgtt tcctcctgga 60 tacatcgatc tatgcttgcttattatacgt agtgatgctt tcatttcact tgccggtgat 120 ccatgtcaaa gcacatatgattcgcaaaag gatcgggcaa ttttgggcgc tgagcagagt 180 gacatactta gaatgcttgagggcaaaacg tataggtata acatagaaag caggaggttt 240 gtgaacccaa tgttcgaatcaagactgcca tgtcacttca aaaagggttc gatgactgcc 300 gctttcgctg attatgcaatcttccataat atgcatgact ttctcctggc gaggtcaaaa 360 ggtcctttgg atgccgttttggtttccagt tttgaggag 399 91 399 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 91 tctggtttga aagctggtca ttgtgtgatt tttgatgagg ttcagttgtttccccctgga 60 tacatcgatc tgtgtttact tgtcatacga agtgatgctt tcatttcacttgctggtgat 120 ccatgccaga gcacatatga ttcacagaag gatcgagcaa ttttgggagctgagcagagt 180 gacatactca gactgcttga aggaaagaca tataggtaca acatagaaagcagacgtttt 240 gtgaacccaa tgtttgaatc tagactacca tgtcacttca aaaagggttcaatgactgca 300 gcctttgctg attatgcaat cttccacaat atgcatgact tcctcctggcgaggtcaaaa 360 ggccccttgg atgctgttct agtttccagt tttgaggag 399 92 400 DNARupestris stem pitting associated virus 92 gcaggtctaa aagctggtcactgtgtaatt ttcgatgagg tccagttgtt tccccctgga 60 tacatcgatc tatgtttcgcttattatacg tagtgatgct ttcatttcac ttgctggtga 120 cccatgtcag agcacatatgactcacaaaa agatcgggcg attttgggcg ctgagcagag 180 tgacatactc aaaatacttgaaggcaagac gtataggtac aacatagaaa gcagaagatt 240 tgtgaaccca atgtttgaatctcgactgcc atgtcacttc aaaaagggta caatgactgc 300 tgcctttgct gattatgccattttccacaa tatgcatgat ttcctcctgg caaggtcaaa 360 aggtcctttg gatgccattctggtttctag ttttgaggag 400 93 397 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus misc_feature (1)...(397) n = A,T,C or G 93 gcaggtntaa aagttggtcactgtgtaatt ttggangagg tccagttgtt tcccccngga 60 acatcgatnt angttngttatnanacgtag ngangctttc atttnactng ctggtgaccc 120 atgtcngagc acatatgantcacaaaaaga tcgggcgatt ttggggcgtg agcagagtga 180 catactcaaa atacttgaaggcaagacgta taggtacaac atagaaagca gaagatttgt 240 gaacccaatg tttgaatctcgactgccatg tcacttcaaa aagggtacaa tgactgctgc 300 ctttgctgat tatgccattttccacaatat gcatgatttc ctcctggcaa ggtcaaaagg 360 tcctttggat gccattctggtttcaagttt tgaggag 397 94 399 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 94 gcaggattga aggctggcca ctgtgtgatt ttcgatgagg tccagttgtttcctcctgga 60 tacatcgatc tatgcttgct tattatacgt agtgatgctt tcatttcacttgccggtgat 120 ccatgtcaaa gcacatatga ttcgcaaaag gatcgggcaa ttttgggcgctgagcagagt 180 gacatactta gactgcttga gggcaagacg tataggtata acattgaaagcaggaggttt 240 gtgaatccaa tgttcgaatc aagactgcca tgtcaattca aaaagggctcaatgactgcc 300 gctttcgctg attatgcaat cttccataat atgcatgact ttctcctggcgaggtcaaaa 360 ggtcctttgg atgccgtttt ggtttccagt tttgaggag 399 95 399 DNARupestris stem pitting associated virus 95 gcaggattga aggctggccactgtgtgatt tttgatgagg tccagttgtt tcctcctgga 60 tacatcgatc tatgcttgcttattatacgt agtgatgctt tcatttcact tgccggtgat 120 ccatgtcaaa gcacatatgattcgcaaaag gatcgggcaa ttttgggcgc tgagcagagt 180 gacatactta gaatgcttgagggcaaaacg tataggtata acatagaaag caggaggttt 240 gtgaacccaa tgttcgaatcaagactgcca tgtcacttca aaaagggttc gatgactgcc 300 gctttcgctg attatgcaatcttccataat atgcatgact ttctcctggc gaggtcaaaa 360 ggtcctttgg atgccgttttggtttccagt tttgaggag 399 96 324 DNA Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus 96 tctggtttga aggctggtca ttgtgtgatt ttcgatgagg ttcagttgtttccccctgga 60 tatatcgatc tatgtttact tgtcatacgc agtgatgctt ttatttcacttgccggtgat 120 ccatgccaga gcacatatga ttcacaaaag gatcgggcaa ttttgggagctgagcagagt 180 gacatactca gattgcttga aggaaagacg tataggtaca acatagaaagcagacgtttt 240 gtgaacccaa tgtttgaatt tagactacca tgtcacttca aaaaagggttcaatgactgc 300 tgcctttgct gattatgcaa tctt 324 97 393 DNA Rupestris stempitting associated virus 97 gcaggattga aggctggcca ctgtgtgatt tttgatgaggtccagttgtt tcctggatac 60 atcgatctat gcttgcttat tatacgtagt gatgctttcatttcacttgc tggtgatcca 120 tgtcaaagca catatgactc gcaaaaggat cgggcaattttgggcgctga gcagagtgac 180 atacttagac tgcttgaggg caaaacgtat aggtataacatagaaagcag gaggtttgtg 240 aacccaatgt tcgaatcaag actgccatgt cacttcaaaaagggctcgat gactgccgct 300 ttcgctgatt atgcaatctt ccataatatg catgactttctggcgaggtc aaaaggtccc 360 ttggatgccg ttttggtttc cagttttgag gag 393

What is claimed is:
 1. A purified monoclonal antibody or binding portionthereof that specifically binds to a Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus coat protein or coat protein polypeptide, wherein said coatprotein or coat protein polypeptide is selected from the groupconsisting of: (a) a coat protein or coat protein polypeptide encoded bythe nucleic acid molecule of SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO-21, or SEQ IDNO:32; (b) a coat protein or coat protein polypeptide having the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:11; (c) a coat protein or coat proteinpolypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:22; and (d) acoat protein or coat protein polypeptide having the amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO:33.
 2. The purified monoclonal antibody of claim 1, whereinsaid monoclonal antibody or binding portion thereof that specificallybinds to a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus coat protein or coatprotein polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule of SEQ IDNO:10.
 3. The purified monoclonal antibody of claim 1, wherein saidmonoclonal antibody or binding portion thereof that specifically bindsto a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus coat protein or coatprotein polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule of SEQ IDNO:21.
 4. The purified monoclonal antibody of claim 1, wherein saidmonoclonal antibody or binding portion thereof that specifically bindsto a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus coat protein or coatprotein polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule of SEQ IDNO:32.
 5. The purified monoclonal antibody of claim 1, wherein saidmonoclonal antibody or binding portion thereof that specifically bindsto a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus coat protein or coatprotein polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:11. 6.The purified monoclonal antibody of claim 1, wherein said monoclonalantibody or binding portion thereof that specifically binds to aRupestris stem pitting associated virus coat protein or coat proteinpolypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:22.
 7. Thepurified monoclonal antibody of claim 1, wherein said monoclonalantibody or binding portion thereof that specifically binds to aRupestris stem pitting associated virus coat protein or cost proteinpolypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:33.
 8. Thepurified monoclonal antibody of claim 5, wherein said monoclonalantibody binding portion thereof that specifically binds to a Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus coat protein or coat protein polypeptidethat is SEQ ID NO:11.
 9. The purified monoclonal antibody of claim 6,wherein said monoclonal antibody binding portion thereof thatspecifically binds to a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus coatprotein or coat protein polypeptide that is SEQ ID NO:22.
 10. Thepurified monoclonal antibody of claim 7, wherein said monoclonalantibody or binding portion thereof that specifically binds to aRupestris stem pitting associated virus coat protein or coat proteinpolypeptide that is SEQ ID NO:33.
 11. A method for determining whether aRupestris stem pitting associated virus is present in a sample, saidmethod comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a sample with themonoclonal antibody or binding portion thereof of claim 1 underconditions that allow binding of the monoclonal antibody or bindingportion thereof to a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus coatprotein or coat protein polypeptide; and (b) detecting a bindingreaction between the monoclonal antibody or binding portion thereof andthe coat protein or coat protein polypeptide, wherein an undetectablebinding reaction indicates that Rupestris stem pitting associated virusis not present in the sample.
 12. The method of claim 11, furthercomprising selecting said sample.
 13. The method of claim 11, whereinthe binding reaction is detected using enzyme-linked immunoabsorbentassay, radioimmunoassay, gel diffusion precipitin reaction assay,immunodiffusion assay, agglutination assay, fluorescent immunoassay,protein A immunoassay, or immunoelectrophoresis assay.
 14. The method ofclaim 11, wherein said sample comprises a plant cell or tissue.
 15. Themethod of claim 11, wherein said sample comprises plant material. 16.The method of claim 15, wherein said plant material comprises grapeplant material.
 17. The method of claim 16, wherein said grape plantmaterial comprises a rootstock or scion.
 18. The method of claim 11,wherein said sample comprises propagated plant material.
 19. The methodof claim 11, wherein said binding reaction detects RSPaV-1.
 20. Themethod of claim 11, wherein said binding reaction detects RSP47-4. 21.The method of claim 11, wherein said binding reaction detects RSP-158.22. A method for determining whether a Rupestris stem pitting associatedvirus is present in a sample, said method comprising the steps of; (a)contacting a sample with the monoclonal antibody or binding portionthereof of claim 1 under conditions that allow binding of the monoclonalantibody or binding portion thereof to a Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus coat protein or coat protein polypeptide; and (b)detecting a binding reaction between the monoclonal antibody or bindingportion thereof and the coat protein or coat protein polypeptide, saidbinding reaction indicating that Rupestris stem pitting associated virusis present in the sample.
 23. The method of claim 22, further comprisingselecting said sample.
 24. The method of claim 22, wherein the bindingreaction is detected using enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay,radioimmunoassay, gel diffusion precipitin reaction assay,immunodiffusion assay, agglutination assay, fluorescent immunoassay,protein A immunoassay, or immunoelectrophoresis assay.
 25. The method ofclaim 22, wherein said sample comprises a plant cell or tissue.
 26. Themethod of claim 22, wherein said sample comprises plant material. 27.The method of claim 26, wherein said plant material comprises grapeplant material.
 28. The method of claim 27, wherein said grape plantmaterial comprises a rootstock or scion.
 29. The method of claim 22,wherein said sample comprises propagated plant material.
 30. The methodof claim 22, wherein said binding reaction detects RSPaV-1.
 31. Themethod of claim 22, wherein said binding reaction detects RSP47-4. 32.The method of claim 22, wherein said binding reaction detects RSP-158.33. A method of determining whether a plant is infected with a Rupestrisstem pitting associated virus, said method comprising the steps of: (a)providing a sample from said plant, and (b) contacting the sample withthe monoclonal antibody or binding portion thereof of claim 1 underconditions that allow for a binding reaction between the monoclonalantibody or binding portion thereof and a Rupestris stem pittingassociated virus coat protein or coat protein polypeptide, wherein anundetectable binding reaction indicates that the plant is not infectedwith a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus.
 34. The method of claim33, further comprising selecting a plant that is not infected with aRupestris stem pitting associated virus.
 35. The method of claim 33,wherein the binding reaction is detected using enzyme-linkedimmunoabsorbent assay, radioimmunoassay, gel diffusion precipitinreaction assay, immunodiffusion assay, agglutination assay, fluorescentimmunoassay, protein A immunoassay, or immunoelectrophoresis assay. 36.The method of claim 33, wherein said sample comprises a Plant cell ortissue.
 37. The method of claim 33, wherein said sample comprises plantmaterial.
 38. The method of claim 37, wherein said plant materialcomprises grape plant material.
 39. The method or claim 38, wherein saidgrape plant material comprises a rootstock or scion.
 40. The method ofclaim 33, wherein said sample comprises propagated plant material.